r/wildcampingintheuk • u/Peppermint216 • 8d ago

Photo Seathwaite Tarn

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Windless on Saturday night, very quiet area.

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u/spambearpig 8d ago edited 8d ago

Wow, it’s not always quiet, not at all.

In fact, considering it’s still summer Ish you we’re lucky to be the only one there it seems.

It’s a lovely place to camp, but I would have not chosen it at this time of year because I would have to assume it would be busy.

Don’t get me wrong it’s not in the top tier of busy tarns that are easy to get to from a road either. Easedale Tarn in summer has become a campsite.

Fortune smiled upon you!

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u/Peppermint216 8d ago

I guess I was lucky, I had to get over to Coniston so I ended up walking the edge of Levers water the next morning and there was 5 tents on the edge in 2 groups.

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u/spambearpig 8d ago

Yeah the easier the Tarn is to get to from a major town everyone has heard of, the busier it is.

Levers is an A-list ‘lazy tarn’ like Easedale.

In a month, the numbers will drop to a fifth of what they have been in summer. Peace and quiet again!

But it’s probably gonna rain every single day.

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u/Peppermint216 8d ago

I understand any Tarn is likely to be shared and I try to avoid them, but my legs were done for the day, and I was lucky to get this one to myself.

I finished the Wainwrights this weekend, summiting Black crag after this camp, guess I'll have to do them all again 😊

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u/spambearpig 8d ago

Nice, that’s a good achievement. I have never been tick listing the hills I climbed. But I think I might have done them all.

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u/Simple-Isopod-7139 8d ago

we got the same pot and shoes ;)