The Buttermere Valley has quite a few of these beauties, so in the Nordic tradition that there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inadequate clothing, we recommend getting thoroughly togged up before heading out to see them.
Sourmilk Gill
Sourmilk Gill is impossible to miss. It thunders and creams down nearly 400m (1,300ft) of steep fellside from Bleaberry Tarn to Buttermere in one headlong cascade through the trees. When it’s in spate its power is awesome – during the 2009 floods it brought pink granophile boulders the size of microwaves crashing down from Red Pike until it completely filled the channel beneath the footbridge.