Ard Crags and Knott Rigg
Sat 15 Nov 2014
Route: Rigg Beck - Aikin Knott - Ard Crags - Knott Rigg - Keskadale - road - Rigg Beck
Distance: 5.25 miles
Ascent: 1,500ft
Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Blanket cloud lowering
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Ard Crags from Rigg Beck
Ancient Oak woodland on the side of Causey Pike
Heading up
The view east from the ridge
Newlands Pass, Keskadale Farm and Knott Rigg
Heading for Ard Crags summit
Looking back from Ard Crags summit with the top of Causey Pike now in cloud
Keskadale Farm far below
Heading for Knott Rigg
Looking back to Ard Crags
Descending the ridge to Keskadale Farm from Knott Rigg
Looking down the ridge
Oak woodland
On the road back to Rigg Beck
Great patterns on this dead tree
Rigg Beck, once the site of the [[Photo:181|1472|Purple House]] which was destroyed by fire in June 2008
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