High Rigg
Fri 4 Jul 2008
Route: Fornside, St John's in the Vale - Sosgill Bridge - St John's in the Vale Church - High Rigg - Wren Crag - Low Bridge End Farm - Fornside
Distance: 4.75 miles
Ascent: 750ft
Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Sunny, late afternoon walk before the weekend's heavy rain arrived.
There is no parking at Fornside. Parking is available in the car park at Legburthwaite or next to the Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre by St John's in the Vale church.
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Looking down St John's in the Vale to Blencathra
Sosgill Bridge
The path under High Rigg down the side of the valley
St John's in the Vale
Bramcrag Quarry, Sandbed Gill and Bram Crag
St John's Beck and Blencathra
Looking over Bridge House to Blencathra
The path up High Rigg behind the Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre
Looking over Low Rigg to the Skiddaw fells
High Rigg's summit comes into view (centre skyline)
Clough Head
The Skiddaw fells from High Rigg's summit
The Helvellyn ridge from High Rigg's summit
The view south towards Thirlmere
The path south across High Rigg
The path south across High Rigg
...and looking back northwards
The wooded Great How with Helvellyn behind left and Thirlmere on the right
The south end of High Rigg
Fornside, event centre for the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon (SLMM) this weekend
Helvellyn from the south end of High Rigg
The High Rigg ridge with the Skiddaw fells behind, Blencathra and St John's in the Vale
Castle Rock of Triermain below Watson's Dodd
The path above St John's Beck
Previous Walk: Branstree North Ridge (Tue 1 Jul 2008)