Wether Hill and High Raise from Burnbanks
Sat 12 Apr 2014
Route: Burnbanks - Four Stones Hill - standing stones - Low Kop - High Kop - Wether Hill - Raven Howe - High Raise - Low Raise - Castle Crag - Haweswater shore path - Burnbanks
Distance: 13.25 miles
Ascent: 2,850ft
Time: 6 hours 45 minutes
With: David Hall, Neil Haslewood and Rod Hepplewhite
Notes:
Mostly raining or drizzle, marginally drier on the lake shore path. Tops in cloud
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We will be coming back via the lake shore path
Site of the old TV aerials for Burnbanks
One of four stones
...the other one
Four Stones Hill from our climb up on to Bampton Fell
Haweswater
The old boundary stone near the summit of Low Kop
Wether Hill's summit cairn
Looking back towards Wether Hill as we head south along the Roman road
A bit of a view near Keasgill Head
Gorillas in the Mist
Leaving High Raise's summit
The large cairn / tumulus on Low Raise
Looking down on Castle Crag (on the left) from our descent of High Raise's southeast ridge
Peat hut?
Looking back up the ridge
Castle Crag, the British Fort on the southeast ridge of High Raise with Haweswater beyond
At the fort
Looking down on Speaking Crag
Waterfall and new life
Looking back to Castle Crag
On the lake shore path
Previous Walk: Beda Fell from Patterdale (Sat 5 Apr 2014)
Next Walk: Barrow (Sun 27 Apr 2014)