Route: Scales - above Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Tarn - Sharp Edge - Blencathra - Hall's Fell Ridge - Gategill - Threlkeld - Keswick Railway footpath - Moot Hall, Keswick
Distance: 8.25 miles
Ascent: 2,250ft
Time: 4 hours 50 minutes
With: David Hall and Anne
Notes:
A bit of drizzle to start but then dry, broken cloud and sunshine.
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Clough Head from above Scales
Great Mell Fell from above Mousthwaite Comb as a rain shower passes through
Souther Fell
Sharp Edge comes into view
The path up by Scales Beck
Sharp Edge from Scales Tarn
Starting up Sharp Edge
On the first part of Sharp Edge
Sharp Edge and Foule Crag
On 'The Pavement', Sharp Edge
Sharp Edge, Blencathra
'Slab Ramp' and 'Pillar-box', Sharp Edge
On Sharp Edge after just passing the Pillar-box
Looking back along Sharp Edge
Nearing the end of Sharp Edge
Starting the ascent of Foule Crag, the normal way is to go up this 'chimney' but some prefer the more exposed slabs to its left when ascending
Sharp Edge from Foule Crag
Looking down on Scales Tarn
Sharp Edge from above
The way ahead to Blencathra's summit from the top of Foule Crag
The Helvellyn ridge from Blencathra's summit
Skiddaw from Blencathra's summit
Gategill Fell Top with Derwent Water and the north western fells beyond
Hall's Fell Ridge
The view south from Hall's Fell Ridge
Hall's Fell Ridge
Walkers heading up Hall's Fell Ridge
Threlkeld from Hall's Fell
Gate Gill, Hallsfell Top (Blencathra's summit) is the pointed peak on the skyline right of centre
Hall's Fell Ridge from the fields between Gategill and Threlkeld
Blencathra from the edge of Threlkeld
Clough Head and the A66 road bridge from the old Keswick Railway line
One of the many old railway bridges over the River Greta
Tunnel, Keswick Railway footpath
Latrigg ahead from the Keswick Railway footpath
River Greta
Looking back to Blencathra from near Briery
On the board walk above the River Greta, the railway used to go into a tunnel at this point!
The north western fells seen through an arch of the A66 Greta road bridge (Keswick bypass)
The old Keswick Railway Station
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