Bannisdale Horseshoe
Mon 22 Sep 2008
Route: A6 north of Kendal - Whiteside Pike - Todd Fell - Capplebarrow - a nameless summit (1,819ft / 555m) - a nameless summit (1,771ft / 541m) - Long Crag - White Howe - a nameless summit (1,736ft / 528m) - Lamb Pasture - Thorn Cottage - A6 north of Kendal
Distance: 10.50 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
With: Ann Bowker
Notes:
Overcast with cloud on the higher Lakeland peaks, some sunshine towards the end of the walk.
We followed A. Wainwright's 'The Bannisdale Horseshoe' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 260].
Be warned - there are fences to climb and bogs and tussocks to traverse on this horseshoe.
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Track heading for Whiteside Pike
Approaching Whiteside Pike's summit
Whiteside Pike's summit cairn
Todd Fell (left) and Capplebarrow (right), the next two summits of the round from Whiteside Pike
Brunt Knott on the other side of Longsleddale from Todd Fell's summit
Shipman Knotts out of the cloud but not the top of Kentmere Pike
Looking back to Whiteside Pike (left) and Todd Fell (right) as we head for Capplebarrow
Capplebarrow's summit looking north towards the 555m nameless top
A deer!
Looking across Bannisdale to White Howe (left) and its twin peak which is 2m lower
Cairn at spot height 555m the highest point on the horseshoe, a nameless top per Wainwright but called Ancrow Brow by Birkett
Looking back to the cairn
A small cairn marks the 541m spot height which marks the turning/far point of the Bannisdale horseshoe
Bannisdale
Lord's Seat and Robin Hood on the Crookdale Horseshoe seen across Borrowdale Moss
Bannisdale
Long Crag is somewhere there with White Howe behind
Looking back to the 541m fell (left) from Long Crag. The fell on the skyline is Grey Crag, normally ascended from Longsleddale
White Howe from near Long Crag
The trig point at White Howe's summit catches some sun
Looking over the Whinfell ridge to the Howgill Fells from White Howe's summit
Arnside Knott and Morecambe Bay
Looking back to White Howe
White Howe's nameless twin peak from a sunny Lamb Pasture
The Whinfell ridge from Lamb Pasture
Castle Fell and Whinfell Beacon as we head for Thorn Cottage
Looking north east towards Mabbin Crag and Castle Fell from the bridleway, the old Shap road, to Plough Farm
Previous Walk: Wetherlam from Tilberthwaite (Sat 20 Sep 2008)
Next Walk: Scafell Pike via the Piers Gill path (Fri 26 Sep 2008)