Start Point :
Small layby opposite
Distance : 7.5
miles Height Ascended : 390
metres
Route Map
The path leading to Troutbeck Tongue
(centre) from
Inky & Hester take a quick cooling-off dip
en route..........
Looking back towards Troutbeck
Further along the path looking north.....Ill
Bell summit just visible top right
Inky & Hester waiting patiently
Crossing over Hagg Gill near the old quarry
workings……….
………the Ill Bell ridge to the right and
Threshthwaite Mouth directly ahead
Looking down Troutbeck valley from the
summit of Troutbeck Tongue……
…………..Windermere in the middle distance
Troutbeck Tongue tongues…………....Inky &
Hester on the summit
Troutbeck Tongue 360º
Panorama – click on image for a larger version
Looking north near the head of Trout Beck
A chance for another dip……….
Looking south from the upper reaches of
Trout Beck towards Wansfell (The Hundreds)
Troutbeck Tongue and the 'scaly-looking'
footbridge that crosses the beck
Looking north from the near the footbridge
in the previous picture……..
………….notice the Mountain Ash growing out between
the rock outcrop
Inky & Hester nicely posed.......waiting
for their leader!!
The path to
Looking back for another view of Troutbeck
Tongue…………
Wansfell, Caudale Moor, Stony Cove Pike,
Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell ridge