Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike (Shipman Knotts)

Time 5 hrs

Grade Excellent

Memories

• Flock of Rough Fell sheep 
• Views down Haweswater from Harter Gully
• Cloud free summits and clear views to the West

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Haweswater from Harter Gully

Herdwick

High Raise, Sergeant's Crag, Eagle Crag

Fleetwith Pike from Eagle Crag

View down Greenup Gill from Lining Crag

Time 7 hrs

Grade Excellent

Memories

• Long walk
• Pathless descent from High Raise
• Good clear views across all the fells
• Completed Central Fells

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Grey Knotts, Brandreth

Storm Clouds over Pillar

Our intial plan for today was a full days walk to High Raise but the weather forcast was for very heavy rain from midday. So a mornings walk was the solution and the 2 peaks from Honister fitted the bill perfectly. Parking at the slate mine ofr a fiver (which was refunded later with purchases from the shop) we toothe path directly behind the mine straight up the hillside with a fence to our right. After the initial steepish section the incline soon eased and we reached Grey Knots with what appeared to be 2 summit cairns. We had to go to both to be sure.  The walk on to Brandreth was straightforward however trying to off Brandreth in a north easterly direction as marked on the map we soon reached a fence with no crossing point. We therefore followed the fence round the north of the summit and eventually reached the main Honister,Green Gable path. By now the clouds were coming in over the Gables, Kirkfell and Pillar, as forecast. We now followed the main path back to our starting point. A couple of groups of DofE walkers could be seen below Fleetwith Pike. Theycan be recognised a mile off! We met a group  back at the slate mine, heading for Stonethwaite.


Time 3hrs 45 mns

Grade Excellent

Memories

• Good timing with weather forcast
• Great views over to Kirkfell and Pillar Range

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Great Crag

We had two options for this wak. Either a staright up and down from Watendlath or a round from Stonethwaite. We decided on the latter and manged to find a parking spot just before the school in Stonethwaite, quite lucky as the school summer fete was on.

Willygrass Gill

The route took us across Stonethwaite Bridge and a short distance along the Cubrian Way before heading of left up into the forest on a good path. As part of the school fete we met a group of  children from Keswick running club wlaking the course with their parents before their race.
Quite a steep ascent through the forest with Willygrass gill on our right (what a great name) and then on to the open fell towards Dock Tarn. The ground here becamr very boggy and remained so all the way to Grey Crag. The path to the sumit of Grey Crag was not easy to find initially in the bracken and the bog but we oon found it after leaving the main path on the left.

Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag

A nice little summit a good view down to Watendlath tarnand oout route down. We headed down the path towards Watendlath intending to cut the corner across the heathland but the marshland prevent this so we followed the still very boggy path befre turn to the left following a path towards Puddingstone Bank. Here the track was easy downhill towards Rosthwaite which I had run a few weeks before in the round  Derwentwater 25k.
We seemed to take quite a while descending and decided to walk back to the car along the road from Rosthwaite rather than the Cumbrian way which would take us the wring side of the river.

Time 4 hrs

Memories

• Nice afternoon walk
• Boggy around Docker Tarn
• Beautiful views down to Watendlath

Grade  Excellent

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