Allen Crags to Bessyboot
Sun 11 Mar 2012
Route: Seathwaite, Borrowdale - Stockley Bridge - Grains Gill - Lower Esk Hause - Allen Crags - High House Tarn - Glaramara - Combe Head - Rosthwaite Fell - Dovenest Crag top - Tarn at Leaves - Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot top - Stands Bridge, Seatoller - Allerdale Ramble - Seathwaite
Distance: 9.50 miles
Ascent: 3,250ft
Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Blue sky and sunshine most of the time, light winds, mild, no jacket required
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Post apocalyptic Seathwaite, well post sheep anyway
Stockley Bridge
The view back down Grains Gill
Ever upwards, Great End ahead
Great Gable peeks out
Lower Esk Hause cross shelter
Allen Crags summit
Cloud below Bowfell and Esk Pike
The ridge to Glaramara
High House Tarn
Great End
Looking across to the Langdale Pikes
Bowfell and Esk Pike as we head for Glaramara
The Helvellyn ridge
Glaramara's summit, or is the other top higher?
The other top, with the top of Skiddaw in the far distance
The Combe from Combe Head
Rosthwaite Fell
Combe Door
Dovenest Crag top, another double top, the east from the west
Rosthwaite Cam from Dovenest Crag top
Tarn at Leaves with Bessyboot on the left
Rosthwaite Cam
Tarn at Leaves with High Raise behind
Bessyboot's summit
Heading back down into the valley. The white buildings are Mountain View Cottages
Looking back north as we head along the Allerdale Ramble to Seathwaite
Previous Walk: Circuit of Buttermere (Sat 10 Mar 2012)
Next Walk: Skiddaw via Ullock Pike (Sat 17 Mar 2012)