Brother’s Water Circular – Lake District Walks
February 12, 2021
My reason for a walk around Brother’s Water was simply to get a nice photo of Angletarn Pikes. Â But rather than go there and just take a photo, we decided to turn it into a circular walk. Â And what a beautiful walk it was; a stunningly sunny day, a pleasant fairly flat walk with no hills, views of the surrounding snow topped fells and home made Chelsea Buns. Â Who could ask for more.
We’d only seen the Lake from atop a fell, or a speedy drive past on the road and frankly it looked rather square and boring. Â But from lake level the views up to the fells are like a painting. Â I think we’d like to return on a calmer day with no wind, I imagine the reflections of the mountains would be mirror-like.
Our Circular around Brother's Water
Highlights of the walk:
- It was such a cold day, the waterfall at Angletarn Beck was almost completely frozen. Â It made for quite a spectacle.
- A full walk around the lake. Â The views all the way around are amazing.
- Personally, I love a stone skimming opportunity. Â There are a few beachy spots along the shore of the lake with some worthy skimmers.
- A game of “name the mountain”. Â Brother’s Water is totally surrounded by high mountains. Â We stopped many times to try and identify the fells. Â I confess we had to consult the map on our return. Â We found we were looking at; Hartsop Dodd, Brock Crags and the very snowy The Knott were just a few. Â Love the names and had to investigate the meanings:
- Dodd – meaning round hill (the hill on the right below).
- Brock – meaning a granite peak.
- Knott – from what I can gather, a hill-top.
Now I have the desired photo, our next explore is to the top of Angletarn Pikes on a freshly snowy day in January. Â Absolutely stunning and the only encouragement we need to keep getting out there and exploring the Lakes.
Love the movie , and by god that looks really really cold xx