Catbells
Sun 18 Nov 2007
Route: Hawes End - Skelgill Bank - Catbells - Hause Gate - Manesty - Derwent Water - High Brandelhow - Low Brandelhow - Hawes End
Distance: 5.00 miles
Ascent: 1,250ft
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Cloud base around 1,500ft but it did stay dry for me
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Derwent Water from above Hawes End on the ascent of Skelgill Bank
Looking across to Rowling End with Causey Pike behind with its top in the cloud
Catbells looks like it is towering above us from this angle
Newlands
Heading along Skelgill Bank towards Catbells
The route up to Catbells summit, suffering a bit from its popularity
Catbells summit, it does not normally have a cairn
Hause Gate and the path to Maiden Moor
Derwent Water from my descent from Hause Gate
Castle Crag from near Manesty as I join the back road to Grange
Castle Crag from Manesty
The pink cottages at Manesty with the path down from Hause Gate above
Castle Crag from boardwalk level
A section of boardwalk on the round Derwent Water path with Castle Crag in the distance
Abbot's Bay, Derwent Water
A Derwent Water launch picks up passengers at High Brandelhow
Looking across Derwent Water to Walla Crag and Falcon Crag from High Brandelhow
Looking back along a section of the lakeside path at Brandelhow
Low Brandelhow
Catbells with its top still in cloud from near the Hawes End Centre
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