Wythop Round
Fri 21 Mar 2008
Route: Brumston Bridge, Wythop Mill - Ling Fell - Burthwaite Heights - Broom Fell - Lord's Seat - Barf - Ladies Table - Lothwaite - Rivings - Sale Fell - Brumston Bridge
Distance: 8.50 miles
Ascent: 2,600ft
Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Very windy throughout, overcast with a couple of hail showers and some sunny intervals.
On leaving Barf we tried to cut down through the forest plantation but hit new trees and windblown which stopped our progress, we ended having to climb back up and out of the forest about 100m from were we had started, this 'extra loop' is shown in purple on the route map!
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Sale Fell from our direct route up Ling Fell
Looking up the Wythop valley to the wooded Ladies Table with the Skiddaw fells beyond
Grisedale Pike and Hopegill Head in the distance from Ling Fell's summit
Zooming in on Embleton
Criffel in Scotland
Burthwaite Heights (centre) with Broom Fell the high point on the skyline on the right
Graystones from Wythop Moss
Ladies Table, Ullock Pike, Long Side and Skiddaw from Burthwaite Heights summit
Broom Fell from Burthwaite Heights
Looking back to Ling Fell (left) and Burthwaite Heights (right) from our ascent of Broom Fell
Broom Fell summit cairn, looking towards Lord's Seat
Whinlatter with the Grasmoor Fells beyond from Broom Fell's summit
Looking back to Broom Fell from Lord's Seat with Graystones beyond on the left
Lord's Seat summit with snow on the top part of Grisedale Pike
The boggy route to Barf from Lord's Seat
The valley of Hagg Beck below, the wooded Ladies Table (centre) and Binsey on the far side of Bassenthwaite Lake
Looking back to Lord's Seat from Barf's summit
Looking over Bassenthwaite Lake to the Skiddaw fells from Barf's summit
The Vale of Keswick and some snow on the Helvellyn ridge
Bassenthwaite Lake and Binsey from Barf's summit
Over the stile to gain access to paths and tracks to get to Ladies Table
Ladies Table summit
A hail / sleet shower passes over Keswick
The Skiddaw fells from below Lothwaite
Sale Fell from Rivings
The Skiddaw fells from Sale Fell's summit
Ling Fell from our descent to Brumston Bridge from Sale Fell
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