Route: Grasmere Village - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Great Rigg - Erne Crag top - Heron Pike - Nab Scar - Rydal - old 'coffin road' - Grasmere Village
Distance: 9.25 miles
Ascent: 3,150ft
Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Overcast with sunny intervals and showers. Windy
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Helm Crag from The Swan, Grasmere
On the steep start of the path up Stone Arthur
Grasmere village and lake from the ascent of Stone Arthur
Westerly panorama from below Stone Arthur's summit
The ridge to Great Rigg from Stone Arthur
Westerly panorama from the Stone Arthur to Great Rigg ridge
Fairfield from Great Rigg
Saint Sunday Crag from Fairfield's summit
Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Fairfield's summit
The view west from Fairfield's summit
Great Rigg and Heron Pike
Great Rigg's summit cairn
Northerly panorama from Great Rigg's summit
Rydal Beck and Heron Pike from Great Rigg
The Stone Arthur ridge with the Coniston and Langdale fells behind
Looking back to Great Rigg and Fairfield
Island sheepfold, Rydal Beck
Rydal Head: Great Rigg, Fairfield and Hart Crag from Erne Crag top
Windermere from Heron Pike's summit
Rydal Water and Grasmere from the descent off Nab Scar
The view south from the path down Nab Scar to Rydal
Looking up at Nab Scar from the old coffin road
Looking across Grasmere showground to Stone Arthur
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