A Newlands Round
Wed 2 Oct 2013
Route: Newlands Church, Little Town - Low Snab Farm - Scope End - Hindscarth - Hindscarth Edge - Dale Head - Dalehead Tarn - High Spy - Maiden Moor - Hause Gate - Little Town - Newlands Church
Distance: 9.00 miles
Ascent: 2,980ft
Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
With: Peter Huzan
Notes:
A walk in the cloud. Windy, very windy at times
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North from the path up Scope End. No view of Skiddaw today
The way ahead from Scope End
Looking back down the ridge as we are about to enter the cloud
Hindscarth summit cairn/shelter
Dale Head's summit cairn
Close up of the cairn
Dalehead Tarn
The 'start' of Newlands Beck, near Dalehead Tarn
High Spy summit cairn
Maiden Moor summit cairn. Yep, we are still in the cloud but its down hill from here
Dropping out of the cloud. Catbells ahead, Bassenthwaite Lake on the left and Derwent Water on the right
Derwent Water
Looking up Borrowdale
Autumn is on its way
Descending through the Yewthwaite old mine workings
Mine workings
Scope End on the left and High Snab Bank on the right from Little Town
Previous Walk: Ten Fells from Hartsop (Tue 1 Oct 2013)
Next Walk: Easedale Tarn (Sat 5 Oct 2013)