1,481 ft above sea level!

This is the view from The Kirkstone pass inn, which at the above height is the highest inhabited building in Cumbria and the third highest Inn in England.

Winding between the Cumbrian fells the 1489ft (459m) Kirkstone Pass links Windermere and Patterdale. From Ambleside the road locally know as'the 'Struggle' rises steeply from the valley floor and joins the pass close to the Inn. Climbing at a gradient of 1 in 4 in places, the road provides enough of a challenge for the modern car and an even greater challenge for local cyclists and runners. Historically a drovers track it's worth sparing a thought for the families who would have driven their livestock over the pass in all weather conditions to sell at the local markets.


My great grandad and his dad were farmers and would indeed have to take their animals to market over The Struggle.
I am SOOOOOOOOOO lucky to be living in the same house that my great great grandad lived in which is at the bottom of The Struggle!

P.S the lake u can see is Windemere.