Saturday 20^th February 2010

Start Point : Fell Side (NY 304 375)

Distance : 6.9 miles Height Ascended : 550 metres

Route Map

Fell Side the starting point of today's walk

Little Fellside Farm

Potts Gill

A scarred landscape - once part of the workings of Potts Gill Mine

Great Sca Fell and Brae Fell

Memorial seat on the summit of High Pike facing Back o' Skiddaw

Violet and the heap of stones that mark the summit of High Pike

High Pike and the view south - the principal fell to the left of the cairn is Blencathra

The Skiddaw range

A regal-looking Violet

Looking over Great Lingy Hill to Knott and Skiddaw

Carrock Fell from the sheepfold on Great Lingy Hill

My route off Great Lingy Hill was down this gill to the right of Iron Crag

Looking down at the start of Dale Beck at the foot of Roughton Gill

Iron Crag and Balliway Rigg...................

……………...........further round is Great Sca Fell

The foot of Roughton Gill

Ice layers in Roughton Gill

Great Lingy Hill above some of the spoil heaps and ruins of the once-renowned Roughtongill Lead Mines

Light and shadow in Hay Gill

The meandering course of Dale Beck on it's way to Branthwaite