26th April 2006

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Seathwaite - Esk Hause - upper Eskdale - Pen - Scafell Pike - Styhead - Seathwaite


Seathwaite Farm


on the path above Grains Gill


descending into upper Eskdale


looking down on Great Moss


climbing out of Little Narrowcove ..


.. with the slopes of Ill Crag behind


the River Esk flowing through Great Moss seen from the top of Pen


unusual rock layers at Pen summit


the steep climb onto Scafell Pike with Pen below ..


.. and with Great Moss below and Hard Knott in the distance


looking down on Pen with Bowfell and Crinkle Crags beyond


Esk Pike and Bowfell from the slopes of Scafell Pike


climbing into the cloud ..


.. and dropping out of it again after the traverse of Scafell Pike


Great Gable comes out of the cloud with Styhead Tarn and Derwentwater ahead


Kirk Fell and Great Gable from the Corridor Route


Lingmell and the great gash of Piers Gill


upper Wasdale with Yewbarrow and Red Pike in the distance


Styhead Tarn


Great End from Styhead Tarn with Scafell Pike still in cloud beyond


descending towards Borrowdale


Glaramara from the descent path


the valley looking down to Seathwaite


bull at Seathwaite farm