Route: Scarside - Knipescar Common - Scarside
Distance: 3.50 miles
Ascent: 300ft
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunshine.
We followed A. Wainwright's 'Knipescar Common' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 220].
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Knipescar from the road
Scarside
Limestone pavement on the top of Knipescar Common
The view west to the High Street fells from Knipescar Common
Westerly panorama from Knipescar Common's summit
Looking southeast on Knipescar Common
Haweswater from the southeast end of Knipescar Common
Sky to the south
The Pennines to the east with Cross Fell the high point just left of centre
Looking back to the summit from the southeast end of Knipescar Common with Blencathra in the far distance
An old limekiln, Knipescar Common
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