Sunday 11th
May 2008
Start Point :
Distance : 7.4
miles Height Ascended : 480
metres
Route Map
Today’s walk ‘The Naddle Horseshoe’ closely
followed that described by A Wainwright in his ‘Outlying Fells of Lakeland’
Hetty and Martha lead the way to Scalebarrow
Knott the first top on today’s walk
A look across to Hugh's Laithes Pike in the
middle distance and what will be the last top of today’s walk
Easy walking between Scalebarrow Knott and
Harper Hills
A look across to
The chimney marked on the OS map - all that
remains of a previous building
The
The ground nest of a Pipit complete with
four eggs
The brooding hen of the eggs in the
previous picture perched on the small rock outcrop (centre of picture)
Probably a Meadow or Rock Pipit
The hazy view southwest from the summit of
Hare Shaw includes Harter Fell, High Street and Kidsty Pike on the skyline
Millie takes time out for a self-massage
The first glimpse of Haweswater on the way to AW's first nameless
summit from Hare Shaw
High Street dominates the hazy skyline
Haweswater
A nameless summit (1427’)…………………………………
……………………………..another Naddle Forest nameless
summit (1380’)
Martha, Hetty, Millie and a fence
Haweswater Reservoir from the summit of
Hugh's Laithes Pike - the dam just visible to the right
Looking across to Bampton Common and
Fordingdale Bottom from the summit of Hugh's Laithes Pike
A look back to Hugh's Laithes Pike and a
rare glimpse of blue sky
Sedge Warbler
Above Naddle Beck
Naddle Farm and the sign for Swinside