In this final approach to the Christmas period, we have focused our attention on ensuring that the Friars Crag area is at its best. Every year large numbers of both visitors and locals make the walk from town, along the lake shore and down to the viewpoint at Friars Crag so we have made sure the path surfaces are in good condition.
You can download a Trust guide to the walk here:
Often we are asked for advice about star-gazing or sunset-watching. Friars Crag is ideal for both. It is well away from any street lighting which makes it ideal for star-gazing on clear nights and, viewed from the new seating, the sunsets reflected in the lake can be breath-taking.
On a clear day there are spectacular views along Derwentwater and beyond the Jaws of Borrowdale. It seems strange now to think that, before travelling in the Lake District became fashionable in the Victorian era, this was considered to be a forbidding or even terrifying vista. Now it is one of the most popular places to visit. Its beauty has inspired countless thousands including Ruskin and Canon Rawnsley, one of the Trust’s founders.
With the new seating installed as part of the Derwentwater Foreshore Project, I’m expecting even more people taking advantage of those. The turkey sandwiches are bound to taste good when the views are this good!
If/when you visit Friars Crag, remember to take your camera. It is a very rare day when it would not be possible to take good pictures – even if it is raining!
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