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)

Next Walk: Elterwater and Little Langdale (Tue 8 Jul 2008)

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