The Old Man of Coniston 14-03-2018 Decided while I am back in work tomorrow, I might as well make use of my final day off by going somewhere I haven't walked yet. The Lake District offers so much choice that it was difficult to pick a route, but I quickly decided on the Old Man of Coniston, mainly because its one of the southern peaks and relatively easy to get to, and also because it has a well defined tourist path. So after dropping the boy off at school, I hit the M6 northbound for the short 2 hour drive to Cumbria. I parked at Walna Scar car park, which surprised me as there is no ticket machine there, not for long apparently, as there are plans to reduce the parking spaces and install Pay and Display machines in the near future, but for now its completely free of charge. Im actually amazed I made it to the car park at all, as the road leading up to it was nearly vertical, or at least thats how it felt, I had to drop down into 1st gear at one point to get up to park up.