Eel Tarn, Eskdale
Sun 6 Jan 2008
Route: Dalegarth Station, Boot - Boot - Eel Tarn - Woolpack Inn - River Esk - St Catherine's Church - Dalegarth Station
Distance: 4.00 miles
Ascent: 600ft
Time: 2 hours
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunny intervals, dry and only light winds.
Walk 6 in the booklet 'Walks from Ratty', compiled by A Wainwright and published by The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Co. Ltd.
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Dalegarth Station at Boot, Eskdale - no trains today
The track above Boot
'A lonesome Pine' near Gill Bank
Burnmoor Tarn is just out of sight straight ahead. The fell on the right is Great How (Eskdale Fell)
Eel Tarn with Great How behind right
Illgill Head with its top in cloud from Eel Tarn
Eel Tarn. If the cloud was higher you could see Red Pike, Yewbarrow and Pillar through the gap
Eel Tarn
Eskdale from the old stone peat hut above the Woolpack Inn
The sky above Harter Fell
Harter Fell from above the Woolpack Inn
The Woolpack Inn
Doctor Bridge over the River Esk
St Catherine's Church, Boot, Eskdale
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