
Wythop Woods is a little known but nonetheless very photogenic area of the Lake District, connected to the much more frequented Whinlatter Forest, the area is best accessed from Beck Wythop car park on the western shore of Bassenthwaite Lake. From here a good trail leads northward through the woods to gain the Wythop valley…

There was no way I was getting across this river without getting wet. The path ahead clearly led beneath the fast flowing current to a point where it was hard to judge the depth. Further investigation up and down stream brought me to the same conclusion that this was the intended ford and that the…