Wow. Beautiful countryside. Thank you Rambler
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Wow. Beautiful countryside. Thank you Rambler
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Excellent pictures Rambler, the place is really beautiful
RIP Steve Jobs
Great tour. Thank you.
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I loved this walk, amazing countryside. I hope you put a rock on the pile. How long was the walk?
Very nice--- thank you for sharing. :-)
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Awesome awesome awesome, Rambler!!
This hike looked a bit difficult for Pip. Maybe the next one?
The walk is only 8.5 miles, but the ascent is 2435ft, its classed as a grade 6 (that's out of 8) because of the high rate it climbs over a short distance, but that means your quickly up there with the beautiful views.Quote:
Originally Posted by leelai
I'm glad your all enjoying these walks as much as I am, it really is great fun up there.
Just got back off a cracking walk up 'Haystacks', this is the place were Wainwrights ashes are scattered, it was his favourite place in the whole of Lakeland so what better place to spend the afterlife.
Lots of pickies to follow.......but now, I'm off for bath and bed.......I'm shattered!!!!
Yay! Look forward to that Chris!
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The day started at 6am, bags packed and car loaded we were off up to Lakeland, this time it would be Josephine, Cheryl(my girlfriend) and myself, due to the blazing sunshine we were expecting I left Pip at home, she's a white dog and in such is prone to sunstroke.
As we set off we head for the triangular patch of trees in the foreground, and from there head left and up
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Looking to our left as we head up we can see High Crag, another walk soon to be covered on here, I want to try and come down the sharp looking edge side
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Looking back at Buttermere
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Again to the fore is Buttermere and further back is Crumock Water, as we get higher the sea at Maryport will be visible on the Solway Firth
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The Solway Firth is just visible on the horizon
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Cheryl and Josephine taking a spot of lunch at the peak of Haystacks
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A view of Innominate (without a name) Tarn, this is the final resting place of the late great Alfred Wainwright, his ashes were carried up here by his wife Betty, she was but a mere 70 years old when she did this
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Strangely enough, the walk down consists of a short walk uphill over another peak to find the path down along the side of High Crag
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High Crag over the heather
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Coming down with the fell we have just walked up and along to the left
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The water making its way down the hill side
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As we reach the bottom this crucifix (centre of picture) is clearly visible, it is a memorial to a victorian lady called Fanny Mercer who died falling from this hill in 1887
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Hope you enjoyed the views, more pictures here
Haystacks pictures by TheRambler_2010 - Photobucket