Wednesday 31st December 2008

Start Point : Low Bridge (Kentmere) (NY 458 039)

Distance : 5.3 miles Height Ascended : 340 metres

Route Map

Kentmere Church (St Cuthberts) through the early morning mist

The signs look good for clear tops as height is gained on the way up to Green Quarter Fell

Freezing temperatutes create intricate patterns on this hawthorn

Cloud inversion extending up to Upper Kentmere

Looking towards Skeggles Water over one of the several ruined buildings dotted around Green Quarter Fell

Looking back to the ruined building as the mist rolls in again

Violet on a frozen Skeggles Water

Another of the ruined buildings makes a temporary resting place for Violet

Clear skies again - here looking towards the Bannisdale Fells

Upper Kentmere from near the summit of Hollow Moor

Fell ponies on Hollow Moor - Tarn Crag the high point behind

Fell ponies

Upper Kentmere

The Westerly aspect from Hollow Moor includes a distant view of Crinkle Crags (left)

Crinkle Crags through the Garburn Pass

Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick,Thornthwaite Crag and High Street

Violet

Fell ponies

The Sleddale Fells across Upper Longsleddale

The lower southern shoulder of Shipman Knotts

Crag Quarter

The Kentmere Horseshoe

Yoke, Ill Bell & Froswick

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Roe Deer hind with it’s characteristic white moustache and rump

What an intricate web we weave…………………………………