High Street from Hartsop
Sun 16 Apr 2006
Route: Hartsop - Gray Crag - Thornthwaite Crag - High Street - Straits of Riggindale - Rampsgill Head - The Knott - Rest Dodd - The Nab - Satura Crag - Brock Crags - Hartsop
Distance: 10.75 miles
Ascent: 3,750ft
Time: 5 hours 55 minutes
With: David & Jennifer Hall
Notes:
Sunshine and scattered/broken cloud, strong wind, one short shower as we headed for Rest Dodd from The Knott
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An old barn just outside the village of Hartsop with Hartsop Dodd behind
Looking across to Brock Crags with the filter house bottom right from the slopes of Gray Crag
The view north west from Gray Crag
Ascending Gray Crag
Looking over Hartsop Dodd to Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield
Westerly panorama from Gray Crag's summit
Looking through Threshthwaite Mouth to Windermere
Northerly panorama from the Gray Crag - Thornthwaite Crag ridge
High Street from Thornthwaite Beacon
The Ill Bell ridge and Windermere from Thornthwaite Beacon
Hayswater with Gray Crag on the left, Rest Dodd behind and The Knott / The Straits of Riggindale on the right
The Ill Bell ridge (left) and Thornthwaite Beacon (right) from the wall over High Street's summit
Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, the Scafells and Great End from High Street's summit
Long Stile leading to Rough Crag, Haweswater and the North Pennines in the distance from High Street
Looking back to the Straits of Riggindale and High Street
Kidsty Pike
360 Panorama from Rampsgill Head summit
The Knott with the eastern fells behind
The weather closing in to the north west of us
Rest Dodd and The Nab from The Knott
The Nab from Rest Dodd
Rest Dodd from The Nab's summit
Westerly panorama from the slopes of Rest Dodd
Bannerdale
Angle Tarn from Brock Crags
Gray Crag our first fell of the day with Hayswater and High Street on the left
The remains of the 19th century Myers' Head Lead Mine
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