High Seat plus
Thu 5 Feb 2004
Route: Ashness Bridge - Surprise View - Watendlath Beck - Watendlath Tarn - Watendlath - High Tove - High Seat - Bleaberry Fell - Walla Crag - above Falcon Crag - Ashness Bridge
Distance: 8.25 miles
Ascent: 2,000ft
Time: 3 hours 40 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Overcast, windy, rain showers, very wet underfoot after the recent heavy rain and flooding
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Skiddaw from Ashness Bridge
Looking down on Lodore Landings (under water) and Mary Mount Hotel from Surprise View
Flooded fields and the Hilton Swiss Lodore Hotel
Zooming in on the bridge over the River Derwent
Derwent Water and Skiddaw from Surprise View
Looking south up Watendlath Beck
Watendlath free range
Looking down on Watendlath from the route up High Tove
The route to High Seat from High Tove
The Pewits. Looking back towards High Tove
The Pewits - Bog
Looking back south from drier ground on the route up High Seat
A glimpse of Derwent Water and Bleaberry Fell from High Seat
Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake from Bleaberry Fell
Very bright moss on the way to Walla Crag
Keswick from Walla Crag summit
Catbells and Causey Pike seen across Derwent Water from Walla Crag
Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake from above Cat Gill
Catbells and Causey Pike from the Keswick Landing stages, Derwent Water
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