Ling Fell and Sale Fell

Route: Brumston Bridge, Wythop Mill - Ling Fell - Eskin - Old Scales - Chapel Wood - Lothwaite - Rivings - Sale Fell - Brumston Bridge

Distance: 5.25 miles

Ascent: 1,200ft

Time: 2 hours 5 minutes

With: Anne

Notes:

Blue sky and sunshine, light winds

Area

Sale Fell from the Corpse Road on Ling Fell

Ascending Ling Fell with Binsey in the distance (centre left) and Sale fell on the right

Ling Fell trig point with Broom Fell on its left and Grisedale Pike on the far right

Southerly panorama from Ling Fell's summit

Sale Fell from the descent off Ling Fell

Looking south 'through' Widow Hause to the higher north western fells

The Skiddaw fells from the descent off Ling Fell

The Skiddaw fells behind Ladies Table from the Wythop valley

The Skiddaw fells from our ascent of Lothwaite

Looking over Bassenthwaite Lake to the Skiddaw fells

Keswick with the Helvellyn ridge beyond and Dodd on the left

The Skiddaw fells, Bassenthwaite Lake and the Lord's Seat fells from Lothwaite

Sale Fell's summit

Lord's Seat (in shadow) from Sale Fell's summit

Ling Fell from Sale Fell