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PICTURES AND TRIP REPORTS FROM MY WALKS IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
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Another lovely couple of days walking in one of my favourite
areas of the lakes. April and Beefy had never visited the Duddon valley before
so we had a little tour and also bagged Green Crag which Beefy needed towards
his first Wainwright count and April needed towards her sixth round. (David
came along as well)
Superb weather as we stride down the road a little way before picking up the path leading to Great Stickle.
What a difference six days make. Last Sunday Sue,Anne, Roger and I were battling snow and high winds over on the Shap fells.
Looking down to the Duddon from the climb.
From the left, Caw, Harter Fell, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags from Great Stickle
From Great Stickle it's an easy walk to Tarn Hill.
Caw behind one of the several lovely tarns on Tarn Hill.
Next stop the small but perfectly formed Stickle Pike.
First we had our lunch at the beautiful Stickle Tarn
Wide view from Stickle Tarn.
Harter Fell dominates the view from the top of Stickle Pike.
From Stickle Pike we made our way down to the first of this week-ends stepping stones at Kiln Bank. We had no problem crossing.
We climbed up through the old quarries and derelict farms and after a short road walk we set of up the fell towards Great Worm Crag. I have to say that this bit seemed a lot harder than a few weeks ago when Sue and I parked on the road and walked up here with a light day-pack.
Looking back to Devoke Water
Our destination comes into sight at last. Seen from Great Worm Crag.
Beefy and April on Great Worm Crag. April had been really struggling with hay fever and she also twisted her knee so we passed on climbing White How and made directly for the lower slopes of Green Crag.
After tea we had a walk up to the top of Green Crag. The fells around Seathwaite Tarn are beautifully lit by the setting sun
As are the Giants around the head of the Esk.
The view westwards from Green Crag.
We sat and watched as the sun set
A grandstand view for April and Beefy
The end of another day. Pity about Sellafield , but not a lot I can do about that.
Zooming in to the Isle of Man.
In April clear skies usually mean a chilly night and it was. I was still surprised by the amount of frost on the tents though.
More cloud around today as we made our way down to Grassguards.
Seathwaite Tarn again.
Zooming in a bit on Slight Side then Long Green then Scafell then across Mickledore is Scafell Pike.
Following Grassguards beck. A lot of tree felling has made this area a lot more open
Back to the Duddon and another set of stepping stones but crossing these is made easier by the provision of a cable
All the height lost has to be regained and it's a bit of a slog up Walna Scar road to the quarries.
After lunch we set of along the path under White Pike
Until we turned right and climbed Pikes.
April's knee was playing up so we by-passed Caw and headed for Kiln Bank Cross.
Looking along Park Head Rd.
Nearly back to the car now