Back of Blencathra
Fri 13 Mar 2009
Route: Grainsgill Beck Bridge - Roundhouse - Bowscale Tarn - Bowscale Fell - Bannerdale Crags - Glenderamackin Col - Mungrisdale Common - The Stake - Skiddaw House - Cumbria Way - Grainsgill Beck Bridge
Distance: 10.50 miles
Ascent: 2,300ft
Time: 5 hours
With: David Hall
Notes:
An early start (7.30) enabled us to just keep ahead of the cloud and rain
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Coomb Height's east ridge from the River Caldew
The footbridge across the River Caldew at Roundhouse
Bowscale Tarn and the way ahead
The Skiddaw fells and Great Calva on the right
Bannerdale Crags and Blencathra from Bowscale Fell's summit
Looking back to Bowscale Fell from Bannerdale Crags
Blencathra from Bannerdale Crags summit
Skiddaw from the sheepfold on the ridge down to Mungrisdale Common (NY319288)
Mungrisdale Common from the sheepfold
Damp ground as we approach Mungrisdale Common's 'summit'
A colourful cairn on Mungrisdale Common (NY307290)
The bield between the Cloven Stone and The Stake (NY297287)
The Stake, a boundary stone (NY296288)
The stand of trees at Skiddaw House
Circular sheepfold (NY296301) with the top of Mungrisdale Common now in cloud
Wiley Gill
Another bield (NY306309) and yes I was walking with 'The Sheepfold Collector' today
...and another one, this one has a building attached! (NY308310)
On the Cumbria Way with Carrock Fell ahead
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