A pleasant hike, to the west of Ambleside, across hills overlooking Windermere and Coniston Lakes.
Calculated time: 5h25[?] 
Distance : 7.91mi
Vertical gain : 2064ft
Vertical drop : 2205ft
Highest point : 1220ft
Lowest point : 361ft 
Difficulty : Average
Back to starting point : Yes
Walking
Area : Lake District 
Location : Coniston
Starting point : N 54.389648° / W 3.046317° From Ambleside head towards Skelwith Bridge then, at the junction, take the A593 and park in the car park at the south end of Yew Tree Tarn Lake (D).
Go back heading north on the trail which is parallel to the road, cross at the southern edge of the lake (1). Walk along the left bank then start a good climb to the top of Holme Ground (2).
Walk downhill through the pasture then the forest heading to houses in Stang End (3). Then head east on a paved road leading to a junction on Cumbria Way (5).
Leave Cumbria Way on the right, and the road to take the track in front which rapidly heads south-est. Get to the junction which leads to Black Crag Peak (6). Pass the gate and go left to get to the top (7).
Take the trail with cairns to the left, then follow a track to the right leading to a junction. Veer left getting to the stream that flows into The Tarns Lake (8).
Follow the west bank along the lake to the left. Get to the stream outfall (9), follow the well-maintained but steep slope to the car park.
Waypoints :
D/A : mi 0 - alt. 502ft
1 : mi 0.25 - alt. 492ft - Southern edge of Yew Tree Tarn Lake
2 : mi 1.38 - alt. 833ft - Holme Ground
3 : mi 2.62 - alt. 564ft - Stand End
4 : mi 3.05 - alt. 541ft - Slatter Bridge
5 : mi 4.39 - alt. 607ft - Cumbria Way junction
6 : mi 5.37 - alt. 1037ft - Black Crag junction
7 : mi 5.75 - alt. 1220ft - Black Crag
8 : mi 6.94 - alt. 801ft - The Tarns Lake
9 : mi 7.5 - alt. 853ft - The Tarns stream outflow
D/A : mi 7.91 - alt. 364ft
Hiking gear and hood as it tends to rain (it was the case today). Picnic area at Slatter Bridge junction.
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Lake District National Park
Global average : 4.17/5
Number of opinions : 2
Description quality : 4/5
Routemap quality : 4/5
Walk interest : 4.5/5
Global average : 4 / 5
Date of walk
: 08/09/19
Description quality
: Good
Routemap quality
: Good
Walk interest
: Good
A pleasant walk from a national trust car park, so as member of NT we were able to benefit from the free parking. Once we had walked around Yew Tree Tarn, we found it difficultly find the path going up the initial part of hill, but i put that down to our navigational skills! Once we got ourselves back on track we enjoyed the walk. The views from Black Crag trig point well worth it. The walk around Tarn Hows was very nice with plenty of day strollers, finishing off with a walk back to the car park with some impressive water falls.
Global average : 4.33 / 5
Date of walk
: 24/07/19
Description quality
: Good
Routemap quality
: Good
Walk interest
: Very good
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