Saturday 27th
Decemeber 2008
Start Point :
Distance : 6.2
miles Height Ascended : 570
metres
Route Map
The Pike, from the River Duddon, catches
the early morning light
The sign for Woodend Farm blends in with
the moss covered wall - this where the track ends and the slog up Hesk Fell
begins
Looking over the
Devoke Water from Hesk Fell's northern
shoulder still in heavy shadow
The broad grassy summit of Hesk Fell is
marked by a small handful of stones - but the view more than compensates
Black Combe, Buck Barrow and Whitfell from
the summit of Hesk Fell
Hesk Fell's northwesterly panorama
The shadowed fields of Dunnerdale remain
frosted - the pyramidal summit of Caw behind
Martha and Hetty enjoy Hesk Fell's sunny
side
Dunnerdale and the Coniston Fells from the
summit of The Pike
Dunnerdale from The Pike
Grey Friar and the Seathwaite Fells over
Dunnerdale
More autumnal than wintry - Hesk Fell from
The Pike
The Scafells, Esk Pike and Bowfell beyond
Great Worm Crag and Green Crag
Great Worm Crag
Yoadcastle the high point on the skyline
and a glimpse of Devoke Water to the right
The mountains of Eskdale from the summit of
Great Worm Crag
Zooming in towards Red Pike, Pillar and
Kirk Fell - Low Birker Tarn just left of centre
the view to the northeast from
Great Worm Crag is equally impressive
Green Crag and Harter Fell
Martha
Looking towards the coastal plain
Stickle Pike (l) and The Pike (r) and a sunlit
Duddon estuary
A retrospective view of Hesk Fell and The
Pike from the Ulpha / Broughton road above the River Duddon