A Section of the Windermere Way Path

Fell Foot Park to the car & passenger ferry across the lake to Bowness. The path takes in Newby Bridge, Lakeside, Finsthwaite, High Dam and the shore line to Ferry House. 13.5miles 1700ft  

Low cloud and early rain forecast followed by some sunshine, was proved to be spot on!

Having got off the bus at Fell Foot I started with a walk round the country park while the rain was still falling. It was a very wet misty scene looking up Windermere.

There was just a hint of the brightness to come looking up the river Leven where it leaves lake Windermere 

The path lead through Staveley-in-Cartmel where I passed Millerbeck light railway. https://www.millerbeck.org.uk/

These rather expensive looking speed boats were moored on the river outside The Swan Hotel Newby Bridge 

Next came Lakeside ferry terminal for the Windermere steamers.

The path then leaves the lakeside and climbs up through Finsthwaite village passing the rather unusual shape of St Peter's church

  

After a futher climb through Finsthwaite heights the attractive High Dam lakes are reached with some interesting reflections.....

 

.....and again

Continuing past the first little tarn.... 

....to High Dam itself

I then continued down the steeply descending path to the Windermere lakeside just in time to see 'Teal', the ferry I saw at Lakeside earlier this morning. 

Continuing along the lakeside passing Rawlinson Nab

It was clearly good weather for sailing on the lake

Looking  across the lake to the very luxurious 

Storrs Hall Hotel.....

......from my lunch spot opposite

Just a very small section of an extremely large flock of geese that flew from the field in front of me to the  water

One of the many luxurious boat houses I passed

I arrived at the ferry just in time to cross over to Bowness 

Finally a pleasant walk past the Marina into Bowness