We parked up at Buttermere with the intention of walking around the lake as we had fond memories of that walk from our last visit in 2021.
About Crummock Water
Crummock Water is a lake in the Lake District in North West England.
It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long, 0.6 miles (0.97 km) wide, 140 feet (43 m) deep, and has an area of 2.5 square kilometres (0.97 sq mi).
The lake’s primary inflow is Buttermere Dubs, itself the outflow of Buttermere, and its outflow is the River Cocker, which meets the River Derwent at Cockermouth before entering the Irish Sea at Workington.
It is in the unitary authority of Cumberland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
It is in the parish of Buttermere, and its western shore forms part of the western boundary of the parish.
The walk
On the way, we bumped into a nice chap called Tony (Hello, if you’re reading this by the way) who had finished his walk.
We got chatting, and he had lots of interesting stories from his lifetime experiences of completing all of the Wainwrights.
We saw a sign for Crummock Water and decided to walk there instead, and what a set of treats awaited us.
There were lots of bluebells and interesting trees.
Our observation was that the bluebells seem to last longer up here – perhaps the changeable and more wet weather suits their longevity?
This tree caught my eye and I spotted I could get a sunstar too.
Just a little further up, I spotted this lovely tree with all different colours and had to grab a shot.
Each few steps along the path brought a new and photogenic scene.
We could see Crummock water up ahead and it was a scorching afternoon.
When we reached Crummock Water, a look back at the scene of Fleetwith Pike had to be grabbed with a streak of bluebells in the foreground.
We made our way back on the same path, and I had fun trying to frame up the following composition using the two trees as a frame.
As we arrived back not far from our car, we had a very nice early supper at the Bridge Hotel.
We decided to leave Buttermere via the Honister Pass and we hit lucky with the early evening light providing reflections on Buttermere Lake.
I quite like a closer in image of the trees and a mono conversion.
Most day trips out in the Lakes invariably lead to at least one image of a sheep.
And that was that.
We had a great trip out, explored somewhere new and I was pleased with the range of images I captured.
Onwards and upwards…