School Knott

Sun 11 Dec 2005

Route: Windermere Railway Station - School Knott - School Knott Tarn - Grandsire - a nameless summit (806ft) - Old Droomer - Windermere Railway Station

Distance: 5.00 miles

Ascent: 700ft

Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

With: Anne

Notes:

Dull.

We followed A. Wainwright's 'School Knott' walk in his book 'The Outyling Fells of Lakeland' [page 30].

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School Knott from Droomer Drive, Windermere

Heading up School Knott

Looking back down on Windermere from our ascent of School Knott

Grandsire from School Knott's summit

Schoolknott Tarn

School Knott on the left and Orrest Head on the right from Grandsire

Grandsire's summit

Looking across to Wainwright's nameless summit (806ft) from Grandsire

Wainwright's conspicuous tree, next to the wall

School Knott from the south

Grandsire with the 'conspicuous tree' on the left

School Knott

Old Droomer

Previous Walk: Around Boot, Eskdale (Sat 10 Dec 2005)

Next Walk: Knock Fell and Great Dun Fell (Sun 18 Dec 2005)

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