Around 50 people turned out to launch the new Eamont Way, a signed walking route connecting Penrith railway station to Pooley Bridge, the steamers and the Ullswater Way.
It is the result of over two years of work by an Eamont Way Working Group including members of the Friends of the Ullswater Way, (FOUW), Sustainable and Integrated Transport for Ullswater (SITU), Suzy Hankin, of the park authority, and representatives of the parishes along the way.
The route is now complete, thanks to a pavement installed last year by Cumbria County Council along a crucial section of the B5320 between Thorpe bridleway and Kirkbarrow, and permissive paths granted by the landowners and tenants at Sockbridge Hall Farm, Kirkbarrow Farm and Barton Church Farm.
Wooden finger post signs mark the way with a logo featuring an eel. For information visit www.ullswaterheritage.org/eamont-way
