Seat Robert and High Wether Howe

Thu 8 Aug 2002

Route: Swindale - Truss Gap - corpse road - Langhowe Pike - Great Ladstones - Seat Robert - High Wether Howe - Fewling Stones - Truss Gap - Swindale

Distance: 8.00 miles

Ascent: 1,100ft

Time: 3 hours

With: On Own

Notes:

Warm, overcast with no wind.

A. Wainwright's 'Seat Robert' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 236]. You can no longer park near Truss Gap and an additional 0.75 miles of road walking is needed each way to get to/from AW's 'starting point'

Area

North Eastern Lake District

Looking back down the corpse road into Swindale

Knipescar Common

Looking over Hare Shaw to Kidsty Pike from Langhowe Pike

Rowantree Crag with Seat Robert the highest point on the skyline

The Howgills from Great Ladstones

Shap works and Wet Sleddale Reservoir from Gambling Crag

Seat Robert summit

High Wether Howe summit

Beastman's Crag

The top of Gouthercrag Gill

Swindale from the descent by Gouthercrag Gill

Previous Walk: Birks and Arnison Crag (Wed 7 Aug 2002)

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