Ponsonby Fell and Swainson Knott
Fri 28 Nov 2003
Route: Gosforth - Blengdale - Ponsonby Fell - Swainson Knott - Stakes Bridge
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 1,150ft
Time: 3 hours 50 minutes
With: Roger & Ann Hiley
Notes:
Rain showers and low cloud.
We followed A. Wainwright's 'Ponsonby Fell' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 192] as far as the summit and then followed the FRCC route up Swainson Knott and down to Stakes Bridge.
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Gosforth Cross (14 feet high)
Path beside the River Bleng
Crossing the River Bleng
In Blengdale Forest
Ponsonby Fell from the edge of Blengdale Forest
Scalderskew with high fells lost in cloud
The view east with Buckbarrow just out of the cloud
Ponsonby Fell summit
Sellafield from Ponsonby Fell's summit
Swainson Knott from Ponsonby Fell
Swainson Knott summit
Descending into the valley of the River Calder
Previous Walk: Rannerdale Knotts (Thu 27 Nov 2003)
Next Walk: Blencathra via Hall's Fell Ridge (Fri 5 Dec 2003)