Branstree and Selside Pike
Sun 20 Jul 2014
Route: Mardale Head - Gatescarth Pass - Branstree - Branstree Tarn - High Howes - Selside Pike - Old Corpse Road - Haweswater lakeside path - Mardale Head
Distance: 5.50 miles
Ascent: 1,800ft
Time: 3 hours 25 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Overcast, caught in a rain shower as we headed along the lakeside path. Warm, humid
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Mardale Head, the tide is out
Looking back down the Gatescarth Pass track
L for Lowther, boundary stone on the way up Branstree
Branstree's summit
The higher of the two cairns on Artle Crag
...and the lower, looking across to High Howes with Selside Pike on the far left
The survey post on Branstree
The larger of the two nameless tarns between Branstree and High Howes
Captain Whelter Bog
The view east as we leave Selside Pike's summit
Looking down into Swindale
Mardale Head (Harter Fell, Mardale Ill Bell and The Rigg, Rough Crag onto High Street)
Looking across to Riggindale with The Rigg, Rough Crag and High Street to its left and Kidsty Pike to the right
The rain arrives
Looking back to Wood Howe
Mardale Head
The lake level is dropping, exposing the old walls and tracks
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