Disaster this christmas I've spent the past week with my head under the pillows the coughs and sneezes of winter finally caught up with me, even Sue had to agree this wasn't just man flu. So with the sun shining, a heavy frost on the ground I headed to Tarn Hows to join the crowds of chatterers and chatterers in the hills above Hawkshead.

I parked the car at Glen Mary Bridge to follow the waters of Tom Gill up through the trees to join the crowds circumnavigating Tarn Hows, I made my circuit counterclockwise ascending to Howgraves for views over Langdale before escaping into Rose Castle Plantation, silence and solitude who would have believed it, the main path was only three hundred yards away. Back on the main path I headed for the dam wall and the descent back down Glen Mary.

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	Ascending Glen Mary on a beautiful morning, looking to Holme Fell through the trees.
	Tarn Hows on a morning of many reflections.
	Ascending to Howgraves.
	Trapped in time the Langdale skyline.
	I've climbed above the crowds, they all stay on the shore path and miss views like this, rising into the western skies Wetherlam.
	To the north the unmistakable shape of the Langdale Pikes.
	The stunning views across Tarn Hows taking in Holme Fell and Wetherlam.
	Looking to Tom Heights Plantation.
	The unfolding panorama of Lakeland.
	Winter sunlight breathes life into the branches of a Birch Tree.
	Rose Castle Plantation three hundred yards from the main path, I could of been miles from anywhere.
	Looking to Torver Intake.
	The view south.
	Across winter waters Rose Castle Plantation, rising to the left Torver Intake.
	Wonderful winter conditions....
	...and stunning reflections.
	With views like this it's no wonder over a million visitors a year come here, the National Trust can now even boast wheelchair access.
	Making my descent back to the car, no wheelchair access this way.
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