Five Skiddaw Fells
Sat 22 Jan 2011
Route: Briar Rigg, Keswick - Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Lonscale Fell - Jenkin Hill - Skiddaw Lesser Man - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw - Bakestall - Birkett Edge - Cumbria Way - Skiddaw House - Glenderaterra valley - Latrigg car park - Latrigg - Briar Rigg
Distance: 14.00 miles
Ascent: 4,150ft
Time: 7 hours
With: David Hall and Neil Haslewood
Notes:
Overcast, Skiddaw summit in cloud
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The Skiddaw fells from the end of Spoony Green Lane
Looking across to the north western fells
Over Keswick to Catbells
Whit Beck
Ascending Lonscale Fell
High Rigg
Little Man and Skiddaw both with their tops in cloud from Lonscale Fell's summit
Looking back to Lonscale Fell (with Blencathra behind) from the path up Lesser Man
Skiddaw from Little Man
Carl Side, Long Side and Ullock Pike
Looking back to Little Man from our route up Skiddaw
Zooming in on Derwent Water
Down to Bakestall
Binsey with Criffel in the distance from Bakestall
Binsey from above Whitewater Dash
The track to Skiddaw House
Carrock Fell in the distance
Great Calva
The path under/through Lonscale Crags
The Helvellyn ridge with some cloud on top
Causey Pike
The Skiddaw fells from Latrigg
Afternoon sun on Skiddaw and Little Man
Previous Walk: Haystacks (Mon 17 Jan 2011)
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