Walk Information
Walk route: Far Sawrey - Moss Eccles Tarn - Three Dubs Tarn - Wise Een Tarn - Highs Moss - Claife Heights (High Blind How) - High Pate Crag - Far Sawrey
Distance: 5.75 miles
Ascent: 600ft
Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
With: Mum & Dad
Conditions: Sunshine. The section through the forest was very wet and muddy underfoot in places
Comment: A. Wainwright's 'Claife Heights' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 80] with a detour to Three Dubs Tarn.
Route Map
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Licence number AL100038401
Photos
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Sawrey Hotel, Far Sawrey
Sawrey stores in the village of Far Sawrey
A helpful sign to set us off in the right direction
Wilfin Beck, bridge or ford, the choice is yours
On the track to Moss Eccles Tarn
Moss Eccles Tarn
Moss Eccles Tarn, note the small dam on the left
Moss Eccles Tarn
A last look back at Moss Eccles Tarn as we head up the track
The Coniston Fells
Three Dubs Tarn
The one hundred year old 1908 boathouse at Three Dubs Tarn
Wise Een Tarn
...and again
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell seen across Wise Een Tarn
Wise Een Tarn reflections
The Langdale Pikes across Wise Een Tarn
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell seen across Wise Een Tarn
Scale Head Tarn, marked as Reservoir of the Freshwater Biological Association by AW
The Old Man of Coniston
High Moss Tarn or Highs Moss, more moss than tarn now
Heading south easterly through the forest
The Langdale fells - Crinkle Crags to High Raise
Looking across Windermere to the Fairfield Horseshoe and Red Screes
Zooming in on the Fairfield Horseshoe
The Ill Bell ridge
On the way south to High Blind How
High Blind How summit
Wetherlam from High Blind How's summit
High Pate Crag
Bowness-on-Windermere from Low Blind How
The Coniston Fells as we head back to Far Sawrey
Nearly back at Far Sawrey
previous walk - Tue 5 Aug 2008 - Knipescar Common
next walk - Sun 10 Aug 2008 - Derwent Water's eastern shore