Four Stones Hill and Haweswater

Sun 15 Dec 2013

Route: Burnbanks - Four Stones Hill - standing stones - Measand Beck - Haweswater shore path - Burnbanks

Distance: 4.50 miles

Ascent: 700ft

Time: 2 hours 5 minutes

With: Anne

Notes:

Walk on the wild side, very windy. Wet underfoot but we were ahead of the rain.

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Burnbanks

Site of the old TV aerials for the village

The perched boulder

Pinnacle Howe

Prehistoric round cairn

The small tarn near the cairn

Haweswater from the two standing stones

The two standing stones

The broad north east ridge of Low Raise ahead as we descend to Measand Beck

Looking back to Four Stones Hill

Bridge over Measand Beck

Measand Beck

A host of green tubes

One of the many falls in Measand Beck

Measand Beck cascade

Looking up Haweswater - the weather is on its way

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