Walla Crag and Ashness Bridge

Sun 8 Feb 2015

Route: The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick - Castle Head - Rakefoot - Walla Crag - above Falcon Crag - Ashness Bridge - road - Ashness Gate (landing stage) - Derwent Water - Friar's Crag - The Theatre by the Lake

Distance: 6.75 miles

Ascent: 1,000ft

Time: 4 hours

With: Anne

Notes:

Blue sky, sunshine, no wind and an inversion

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Skiddaw above Keswick from Castle Head

Looking up Derwent Water from Castle Head

Blencathra from above Rakefoot

The Skiddaw fells from Walla Crag

Blencathra from Walla Crag

The Dodds from Walla Crag's summit

Keswick is under the cloud

Zooming in on Skiddaw

Looking across to the north western fells

View from the top of Cat Gill

Looking across to Grisedale Pike from Falcon Crag as the cloud recedes

North from Falcon Crag

The view south up Borrowdale

Skiddaw from Ashness Bridge

A partly frozen Derwent Water

Looking across to Causey Pike from Calfclose Bay

The north western fells across Derwent Water

Previous Walk: Haystacks and Innominate Tarn (Sat 24 Jan 2015)

Next Walk: Blencathra and Mungrisdale Common (Sun 15 Feb 2015)

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