Thursday 22nd
July 2010
Start Point :
Distance : 5.5
miles Height Ascended : 510
metres
Route Map
Height is quickly gained up the
the top
of Caudale Moor to the left remains hidden beneath the cloud.
The Wansfell ridge over the stretched out
homesteads of Troutbeck.
The short but steep ascent over
Applethwaite Common and onwards to the summit of Sour Howes can be made via the
a set of three ladder
stiles the first from the
The first glimpse of Windermere - in the
distance Black Combe and the Coniston Fells.
The Langdale Pikes over Wansfell.
Blue skies to the south but not enough to
brighten this view of Windermere - Dubbs Reservoir visible left of centre.
Passing showers behind the Wansfell ridge crossing
the
Martha and Violet share the summit of Sour
Howes.
The easterly aspect from the summit of Sour
Howes includes the sunlit tops on the Bannerdale (left) and the distant
Howgills.
Windermere from the summit of Sour Howes.
A gloomy view of Yoke and Sallows from Sour
Howes.
Potter Fell catches a brief burst of
sunshine.
Martha and Violet by the fenced stile set
in the wall that leads to the summit of of Sallows.
A few brief gaps in the cloud light up
Wansfell.
Overlooking the small piles of stones that
mark the top of Sallows and looking down the lower Kentmere valley towards
Staveley.
Martha and Violet wait patiently.
Looking towards Hollow Moor from the top of
the
Zooming in over Wansfell to the
characteristic tops of the Langdale Pikes.
Dark Red Screes and Caudale Moor.
The Yoke / Ill Bell ridge.
A cluster of Wainwrights.
Applethwaite Quarry
..relieved from
desolation by a planting of conifers
(AW)
Applethwaite Quarry.
A splash of late evening sunshine hits
Troutbeck.
Little Owl
