Wednesday 2^nd May 2007

Start Point : Maggie’s Bridge (NY 134 210)

Distance : 8.3 miles Height Ascended : 780 metres

Route Map

Darling Fell & Low Fell from the track just above High Nook Farm

Highnook Tarn below Black Crag - Hen Comb behind to the left

The northern end of Loweswater from above Holme Wood –

the Scottish hills in the far distance

Burnbank Fell summit cairn and the view towards the coastal strip near Egremont and Cleator Moor,

the Isle of Man visible in the far distance…………….

……....and the view in the opposite direction taking in Whiteside and Grasmoor with Skiddaw far left

Knock Murton and Cogra Moss from the summit of Blake Fell

Bruce poses for a summit shot on Blake Fell

His two companions today, Millie and Martha, never stayed still long enough!!

Westerly panorama from the summit of Blake Fell

Whiteoak Moss the normally wet and boggy hause separating Gavel Fell and Hen Comb

surprising dry underfoot today after the prolonged dry spell

Hen Comb from the lower southern slope of Gavel Fell

Buttermere and surrounding fells from Hen Comb

Looking north along the Hen Comb ridge towards Loweswater

Mellbreak from the summit of Hen Comb

The Vale of Lorton

Loweswater from Little Dodd

Mosedale

A last look back to Hen Comb from the lower end of Mosedale Beck

Martha and Bruce cool off in Mosedale Beck.

(‘feat of daring’, nor ‘the need to take boots and stockings off’ (AW), not required to cross this beck today)

Whiteside and Grasmoor from near Kirkgate Farm