Ennerdale – Ennerdale Water, the most westerly lake in the Lake District, is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of 150 feet, and at a mile wide and 2½ miles long is one of the smallest lakes in the District. It is surrounded by some of the highest and best-known fells in Cumbria including: Great Gable, Green Gable, Brandreth, High Crag, Steeple and Pillar. Ennerdale Water is fed by the River Liza and other streams, and in turn feeds the River Ehen, which runs to the Irish Sea. Although the lake is natural, in 1902 a shallow weir was added to what is probably a glacial moraine to establish the current level. The lake and its valley have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and as such is not as spoiled as other lakes in the National Park. Steeple is properly an Ennerdale fell, although most people who visit its summit tend to do so from Wasdale. The suggested walk, however, starts in Ennerdale and includes the whole of Steeple’s noble ridge. It is not climbed in isolation, but coupled with neighbouring Haycock – a fell whose domed, stony summit is less trodden than many of its illustrious neighbours in both Ennerdale and Wasdale. Haycock and Steeple together offer members a fine 10 mile fell-walking circuit (with 2790ft of ascent), and the ridges running to them from Ennerdale are unlikely to be crowded with walkers. There is also an option to extend the walk to include the summit of Pillar.

Lyn Boyle, Evelyn Brown, Bob Dixon, Lynn Ford, Anne-Marie Forster, Andrea Green, Carol Lonsdale, Hedley Oliver, Graeme Page, Dek Parmley, Lisa Philliskirk, Madeline Philliskirk, Alan Ross & Ronnie Willison travelled on the minibus to Ennerdale, where after meeting up with Margaret Andison, Linda Boakes, Russ Boakes & Edward Vose they soaked up the sunshine on offer both in the beautiful valley and high fells.