Whitbarrow
Sun 22 Sep 2002
Route: Mill Side, Witherslack - Lord's Seat - High Crag Wood - Low Crag Wood - Beck Head - Mill Side
Distance: 5.00 miles
Ascent: 800ft
Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Sunny, high clouds, warm.
We followed A. Wainwright's 'Whitbarrow (B route)' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 36].
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The meandering River Kent with Ingleborough in the distance
Looking south to Arnside Knott
Heading northwards along the top of Whitbarrow
Chapel Head Scar
The view east north east from Whitbarrow Scar towards the Howgills
The fern on the right is Hart's Tongue Fern ('Phyllitis scolopendrium')
The view southeastwards from Whitbarrow Scar
The high fells of Lakeland from Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow Scar
180 Panorama from Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow Scar (Coniston Old Man to Ingleborough)
Looking south from Lord's Seat, Whitbarrow Scar
A tower of Witherslack Hall in a sea of trees
In High Crag Wood
The track into Beck Head
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