Friday 8^th January 2010

Start Point : NT Car Park (SD 322 999)

Distance : 5.5 miles Height Ascended : 420 metres

Route Map

Tom Gill Waterfall

The dam wall and outlet of The Tarns

A frozen and snow covered Tarn Hows

The Oxen Fell and Knipe Fold access road at the northern end of The Tarns - turn right here for Iron Keld plantation

Wetherlam

Ice crystals glinting in the bright morning light

The entrance to a now rather sparse Iron Keld

The views across Langdale open up at the top of Iron Keld,

here Crinkle Crags, Bow Fell, Esk Pike, and The Langdale Pikes make a spectacular skyline

The Helvellyn range and Fairfield make an equally spectacular backdrop to the north

High Arnside farm dwarfed by it’s surroundings

A Winter Wonderland

The Old Man of Coniston and Wetherlam from the summit of Black Fell………………………

…………………………and again

Wetherlam across Black Crag

Looking into the Fairfield Horseshoe across Black Fell

No shortage of views from Black Crag - here Caudale Moor and the Yoke / Ill Bell ridge provide the background…………………..

…………………..the wider view includes Red Screes to the left

What a scene

Black Crag's triangulation column

A whiter than white Black Crag

Iron Keld

The north end of The Tarns

The Tarns

The Tarns

The Tarns and it's shoreline merge as one

‘Say Cheese’

A Christmas card pose from another of the Tarn Hows’ residents