Fairfield Horseshoe
Sun 15 Jan 2012
Route: Rydal - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Erne Crag top - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Link Hause - Hart Crag - Dove Crag - High Pike - Low Pike - Low Sweden Bridge - Nook Lane - Ambleside - Rydal Park - Rydal
Distance: 12.00 miles
Ascent: 3,440ft
Time: 5 hours 25 minutes
With: David Hall
Notes:
Freezing in the wind on the tops
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Rydal sunrise
Rydal Water far below and a frosty Loughrigg Fell
Sunshine on Nab Scar, Rydal Water and Grasmere below
Heron Pike from Nab Scar
Helm Crag and a glimpse of Alcock Tarn
Over Grasmere to the Coniston fells, Dockey Tarn just below us
Looking across to Red Screes
Heron Pike's summit
The Langdale Pikes partly in cloud, Grasmere village in the valley below and Helm Crag on the right
Fairfield's top in cloud from Erne Crag top
Looking back to Heron Pike from our ascent of Great Rigg
Great Rigg summit
Zooming in on Dollywaggon Pike, with Helvellyn behind. Grisedale Tarn bottom left
Into the cloud on Fairfield
Fairfield summit
A brief parting of the clouds reveals Saint Sunday Crag
Deepdale from Link Hause
Looking back towards Fairfield from Hart Crag
Hart Crag's summit cairn
Great Rigg from Hart Crag
Looking back to Hart Crag as we head up Dove Crag
Dove Crag summit, Windermere in the distance
Low Pike from our descent off High Pike
High Pike and the head of Scandale from Low Pike's summit
'Warning Deep Bog', frozen today
The Nab Scar to Fairfield ridge from Rydal Park
Rydal Hall
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