Cross Fell from Kirkland

Sat 2 Jun 2007

Route: Kirkland - High Cap - Cross Fell - Tees Head - Wildboar Scar - Grumply Hill - Wythwaite - Kirkland

Distance: 9.00 miles

Ascent: 2,300ft

Time: 5 hours 30 minutes

With: Anne and Roger & Ann Hiley

Notes:

Sunny, hardly a breath of wind

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St Lawrence church, Kirkland

High Cap (left), Kirkdale and Kirkland Fell

Heading out of Kirkland

A farmer moving his sheep out on to the fells

Ann Hiley leads the sheep!

Black Doors

Looking across the Vale of Eden to the lakeland fells

Cross Fell's summit finally appears as we gain height

Looking north towards the town of Alston

Approaching Cross Fell's summit

Looking south to the 'golf ball' on the top of Great Dun Fell from the trigpoint at Cross Fell's summit

The giant cross shelter at Cross Fell's summit

Leaving Cross Fell's summit as we head south towards Tees Head

This part of our route is actually the Pennine Way

Little Dun Fell and Great Dun Fell

Heading down below Wildboar Scar, the most prominent peak (right of centre) is Dufton Pike

Wildboar Scar, Little Dun Fell and Great Dun Fell from the summit of Grumply Hill

The Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony (Cultivation Terraces)

Previous Walk: Broom Fell and Aiken Beck (Mon 28 May 2007)

Next Walk: Ennerdale Water Circuit (Sat 16 Jun 2007)

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