Windermere Way Part 2

Distance 10 miles
Ascent 330m
Weather: cloudy, mostly dry

Swans and cormorants on the lake, buzzards, tufted ducks.
Pheasants: many
Jackdaws: more

We got the ferry again and walked up the path under Claife Heights to join the footpath alongside the Ash Landing nature reserve. There were a lot of great tits. We didn't go into the nature reserve as there's only one entrance. The shoreline was a little wet in places but not flooded and the going was relatively straightforward. There was only one major puddle that required a couple of fence crossings to avoid.

We also avoided being shot by people with guns. There were a lot of pheasants running about. Hopefully they were lucky today too.

We had bit of a sit down on a handy bench at Rawlinsons Nab and stopped for lunch at High Dam, saving the last of the tea (still hot!) to have at the quay at Lakeside as we waited for the last boat of the day back to Bowness.