Saturday 1st
Novemebr 2008
Start Point : Dalegarth Station, Eskdale (NY 173 007)
Distance
: 5.9 miles Height Ascended : 370 metres
Route Map
Wast Water sunrise
Looking down on Eskdale from the short steep
climb up towards Blea Tarn
Blea Tarn
Blind
Another view of an icy Blind Tarn this time
looking east
Hetty and Martha return from a recce of
Siney Tarn
Siney
Bleatarn Hill over Blea Tarn
Hetty practices her walking on water skills
whilst Martha practices her doggy-paddle!!
A final look across Blea Tarn - Irton Pike
behind, just left of centre, with the
Over the top of Bleatarn Hill and one of
those I love fellwalking moments
Illgill Head, Kirk Fell and Sca Fell
dominate this scene with Esk Pike and Bow Fell providing, on this occasion, a
secondary backdrop
Martha waits for Hetty and yours truly to
catch up
.
Sca Fell over the first of the ancient
stone circles on Brat's Hill
..
.........and again
Another of the stone circles with Whin Rigg
behind
Boat How - 'an abrubt rocky oasis in a prairie of long grass' (AW)
And again
the summit of Great Gable
(far centre) remains hidden beneath cloud
The northeastern aspect from the summit of
Boat How
Miterdale from the same viewpoint
A golden Whin Rigg / Illgill Head ridge
Kirk Fell
Burnmoor Tarn
Kirk Fell and Burnmoor Tarn
'Harter Fell and Green Crag
form a skyline of considerable attraction' (AW)
The stone hut, Sca Fell and Eskdale Fell
The stone hut, Illgill Head and a passing
cloud
Part of the bridleway that connects Boot and
Wasdale Head via Burnmoor Tarn
Great Barrow and Harter Fell from lower
down on the bridleway
The bridge at Boot
A retrospective view of Boat How (just left
of centre) from the Birker Fell road
showing it's relative position juxtaposed between
Harter Fell and Green Crag from the same
viewpoint
The panoramic view from the Birker Fell
road is impressive
Caw,
the subject of my previous
walk