Ambleside parking

John Laird <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I didn't say because it was too embarrassing ! While my
knee recovers, I don't want to push the boat out, so we
are just doing an easy amble around Wansfell, possibly
detouring into Troutbeck to check the pu^h^h facilities.
As such, it doesn't really matter where we park, although
I've not yet seen the suggested route so am not entirely
sure which end of town is preferable.

If you plan to visit Troutbeck, John, I recommend the fairly
level walk from Ambleside to Troutbeck via Jenkin Crag and
Robin Lane, then return over Wansfell via Nanny Lane. Make
for Baystones from the higher reaches of Nanny Lane then
head south for the more popular summit, and return direct to
Ambleside via StockGhyll. The anticlockwise direction will
be kinder to your knee.

There are ways up onto Wansfell from the Jenkin Crag area
but these are not good when the bracken gets going, and you
would miss the charm of the unmetalled lanes.

Stuart

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:20:56 +0100, Paul Rooney <[email hidden]>

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Paul Upham said:

"> Turn right at the mini roundabout (before you get to
the car park) up

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towards Kirkstone Pass. Just park on of the
residential streets on the left a little bit up the
hill. Left my car there 4 days once...

No wonder the local residents complain about tourists
then. Consideration for the locals is required. Parking
outside their houses for 4 days does not fall in to that
category.

It's got bugger all to do with residents - they are our
roads too!

No one has the right to park on a public highway though!

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Michael Farthing said:

In message <[email hidden]>,
John Laird <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I didn't say because it was too embarrassing ! While my
knee recovers,

Been there, done that, got the arthritis.

Quoted message said:

I don't want to push the boat out, so we are just doing
an easy amble around Wansfell, possibly detouring into
Troutbeck to check the pu^h^h facilities.

Nothing to be embarrassed about. Anyway it's a Wainwright.
Pretend you've got to do it because it's on the list.

Quoted message said:

As such, it doesn't really matter where we park, although
I've not yet seen the suggested route so am not entirely
sure which end of town is preferable. (If it is a decent
walk guide, it should really suggest economic and
considerate spots.)

Sadly, I've not done Wansfell precisely because in the days
when Timothy was small and travelled on my back and the
little Wainwrights were on the agenda, I could never decide
where to park! Wainwright definitely prefers attack from
the Ambleside end, but the alternative is from the
Troutbeck side, which has several normally available on-
road parking spots that would do. The approach is down
Nanny Lane - perhaps appropriate for your circumstances :-)

You can park free at Troutbeck - nice start for Wansfell and
a few other little Wainwrights. I strongly object to paying
to park *anywhere*, although it's a necessary evil in a few
places. It's a pure ripoff. There is usually free parking to
be had in most places - this ng is a good source! The
Wansfell area is also a good training ground for
straightlining.

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Stuart Mann said:

John Laird <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

I didn't say because it was too embarrassing ! While my
knee recovers, I don't want to push the boat out, so we
are just doing an easy amble around Wansfell, possibly
detouring into Troutbeck to check the pu^h^h facilities.
As such, it doesn't really matter where we park, although
I've not yet seen the suggested route so am not entirely
sure which end of town is preferable.

If you plan to visit Troutbeck, John, I recommend the
fairly level walk from Ambleside to Troutbeck via Jenkin
Crag and Robin Lane, then return over Wansfell via Nanny
Lane. Make for Baystones from the higher reaches of Nanny
Lane then head south for the more popular summit, and
return direct to Ambleside via StockGhyll. The
anticlockwise direction will be kinder to your knee.

That was the very route we took, but in reverse :-) It's a
fairly unrelenting climb up once you have left the waterfall
"park", but I find this easier earlier on, and especially
with the iffy knee, which in fact was very little trouble
(it was just a strained ligament, I think). It's not the
most challenging walk, but there are some really super views
on the way round, especially over Windermere, to Coniston
and the Langdales, up to Kirkstone Pass and part of the
Kentmere horseshoe. Plus, with the temperature being up to
about 70F, a pub stop halfway round is really rather a
pleasant change from sitting atop a windy summit...

Thanks for all the parking suggestions. We ended up in the
small car park by the garden centre on the Windermere
road. £4/day (all charges in sensible round pounds) and
loos. Not too bad.

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There are ways up onto Wansfell from the Jenkin Crag area
but these are not good when the bracken gets going, and you
would miss the charm of the unmetalled lanes.

Some of which are a bit treacherous - vertical shale
polished smooth by numerous feet !

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Mail john rather than nospam...

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:55:24 GMT, [email hidden]

(Chris Street) said:

Paul Rooney said:

Paul Upham said:

"> Turn right at the mini roundabout (before you get to
the car park) up
> towards Kirkstone Pass. Just park on of the
> residential streets on the left a little bit up the
> hill. Left my car there 4 days once...
>
>
No wonder the local residents complain about tourists
then. Consideration for the locals is required. Parking
outside their houses for 4 days does not fall in to
that category.

It's got bugger all to do with residents - they are our
roads too!

No one has the right to park on a public highway though!

Quite true, in the sense that there is no legally enshrined
'right'. You can be moved on for obstruction if the local
bizzies decide you're in the way. But from another angle, we
have a 'right' in this country to do anything that's not
been prohibited by parliament.

But frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. I acknowledge no
rules but those of God and those that are in my own
interest (-:

And as an anarchic aside - I carried wire cutters for years
(until quite recently, in fact, when I stopped packing them
to cut down on weight) but share Gordon's opinion about this
upsurge of machoness. It's extremely rare to find a r.o.w
blocked by wire, in my experience. It's when you're
trespassing that you need cutters!

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John Laird said:

a pub stop halfway round is really rather

disastrous!

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Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:17:33 +0100, John Laird <nospam@laird-

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a pub stop halfway round is really rather

disastrous!

For you, maybe, I can stop after one pint (of Black Witch
today). :-)
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:46:50 +0100, Gordon <[email hidden]>

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Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:17:33 +0100, John Laird <nospam@laird-

towers.org.uk said:

a pub stop halfway round is really rather

disastrous!

For you, maybe, I can stop after one pint (of Black Witch
today). :-)

Very nice! Two would have been twice as nice...

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"Paul Upham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

"> Turn right at the mini roundabout (before you get to
the car park) up

Quoted message said:

towards Kirkstone Pass. Just park on of the
residential streets on the left a little bit up the
hill. Left my car there 4 days once...

No wonder the local residents complain about tourists
then. Consideration for the locals is required. Parking
outside their houses for 4 days does not fall in to that
category.

As somebody who, until a few years ago, fell into the
category of 'local resident' (some of my family still are,
though not in that neck of the woods), I can tell you that
cars parked legally (and not causing an obstruction) on
residential streets are not something that
is/was moaned about regarding tourists. General complaints
were aimed purely towards the sheer numbers of people and
cars snarling up the traffic system and turning what
should be a 5 minute car journey to the doctors into a 30
minute crawl.

So cut the 'holier than thou' attitude.

Michael S

Michael Farthing said:

In message <[email hidden]>,
John Laird <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I didn't say because it was too embarrassing ! While my
knee recovers,

Been there, done that, got the arthritis.

Quoted message said:

I don't want to push the boat out, so we are just doing
an easy amble around Wansfell, possibly detouring into
Troutbeck to check the pu^h^h facilities.

When I was up Wansfell, last year I parked at NY404018
without a problem.. not a lot of spaces but it went.

Richard Webb