Grike (Lake District) Grike (Lake District) Grike is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Ennerdale Water. It is part of the Lank Rigg group, the most westerly Wainwright as the fells diminish toward the coastal plain. It can be climbed from Kinniside or Ennerdale Bridge. The Western Fells occupy a triangular sector of the Lake District, bordered by the River Cocker to the north east and Wasdale to the south east. Westwards, the hills diminish toward the coastal plain of Cumberland. At the central hub of the high country are Great Gable and its satellites, while two principal
Lake Hayes Lake Hayes Estate is just across the main highway and takes its name from Lake Hayes. A track called the "Lake Hayes Circuit" runs around the lake and forms part of The Queenstown Trail and is popular for use by walkers, runners and cyclists. The local Māori iwi (tribe) of Kai Tahu originally named the lake "Te Whaka-ata a Haki-te-kura" after an ancestress called Haki-te-kura whose image was said to be reflected in the lake. Settlers originally knew the lake as Hays Lake after D. Hay, an Australian who came to the district looking for sheep country in 1859. Its