Where Wordsworth wandered: an Easedale excursion (₳ grade walk)

This elevated and elevating excursion is more than a walk—it is a passage through verse and stone, a communion with the enduring majesty of the Lakeland fells. A pocket volume of Wordsworth will be good companion should the muse stir.

We begin in the festively adorned heart of Grasmere, cradle of poets, setting forth on a circuit through the lofty Easedale fells —a route that offers both rugged delight and quiet sublimity. This horseshoe, favoured by ramblers of discerning spirit, ascends through a succession of noble summits.

A spirited climb to Silver Howe, whose rocky brow commands sweeping views over the mirrored waters of Grasmere and Rydal leads onto the weathered ridge of Blea Rigg, where the wind speaks in tones both wild and wistful.

Pressing on we reach the eminence of Tarn Crag, sentinel above the secluded Easedale Tarn—a place where Wordsworth found beauty enough to stir the soul. The path then narrows along the craggy spine of Gibson Knott, a perch for the contemplative soul.

Finally the path alights upon Helm Crag, where the Lion and the Lamb stand in eternal watch. We then wind  back to Grasmere, completing a circuit not only of terrain, but of spirit—a walk through the living poetry of the land.