19th June 2007

Today's walk: Kentmere Horseshoe


Kentmere Church from Green Quarter


looking up the Kentmere valley towards the horseshoe hills


looking down the ridge of Shipman Knotts into Longsleddale


Longsleddale from Shipman Knotts summit


the trig point on Kentmere Pike


Harter Crag summit cairn


Haweswater from the ridge to Nan Bield Pass


mist clearing from Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick with Kentmere Reservoir below


looking over Small Water to Rough Crag with Kidsty Pike behind


Harter Fell and Nan Bield Pass from the path to Mardale Ill Bell


Harter Fell from Mardale Ill Bell summit


Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick from Mardale Ill Bell


360 degree panorama from Mardale Ill Bell - click on the image for a larger version


Blea Water is only seen by a diversion to the cliff edge on the way to High Street


2 cairns and a trig point on High Street summit


360 degree panorama from High Street - click on the image for a larger version


heading from High Street to Thornthwaite Crag


a glimpse of Hayeswater on the way to Thornthwaite Crag


Windermere from Thornthwaite Crag summit


the ridge to Froswick and Ill Bell from Thornthwaite Crag


Troutbeck Tongue with Windermere and Wansfell behind from the slopes of Froswick


Thornthwaite Crag from Froswick summit cairn


360 degree panorama from Froswick - click on the image for a larger version


looking back at Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag from the slopes of Ill Bell


Nan Bield Pass and Harter Fell from the slopes of Ill Bell


Windermere from Ill Bell summit


360 degree panorama from Ill Bell - click on the image for a larger version


Windermere and the Troutbeck valley from the lower south cairn on Ill Bell


the ridge from Ill Bell to Yoke


Mardale Ill Bell, Nan Bield Pass, Harter Fell and Kentmere Reservoir from the slopes of Yoke ..


.. and looking the same way from Yoke summit


zooming in across the quarries on Red Screes to the Scafells and Great Gable


360 degree panorama from Yoke - click on the image for a larger version


Troutbeck with the Coniston Fells beyond from the Garburn Pass track


the western arm of the horseshoe from the fields above Troutbeck