High Seat plus

Thu 5 Feb 2004

Route: Ashness Bridge - Surprise View - Watendlath Beck - Watendlath Tarn - Watendlath - High Tove - High Seat - Bleaberry Fell - Walla Crag - above Falcon Crag - Ashness Bridge

Distance: 8.25 miles

Ascent: 2,000ft

Time: 3 hours 40 minutes

With: On Own

Notes:

Overcast, windy, rain showers, very wet underfoot after the recent heavy rain and flooding

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Skiddaw from Ashness Bridge

Looking down on Lodore Landings (under water) and Mary Mount Hotel from Surprise View

Flooded fields and the Hilton Swiss Lodore Hotel

Zooming in on the bridge over the River Derwent

Derwent Water and Skiddaw from Surprise View

Looking south up Watendlath Beck

Watendlath free range

Looking down on Watendlath from the route up High Tove

The route to High Seat from High Tove

The Pewits. Looking back towards High Tove

The Pewits - Bog

Looking back south from drier ground on the route up High Seat

A glimpse of Derwent Water and Bleaberry Fell from High Seat

Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake from Bleaberry Fell

Very bright moss on the way to Walla Crag

Keswick from Walla Crag summit

Catbells and Causey Pike seen across Derwent Water from Walla Crag

Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake from above Cat Gill

Catbells and Causey Pike from the Keswick Landing stages, Derwent Water

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