24th October 2007

Today's walk: hill above Highbanks Wood - Greystoke Forest - Berrier Hill


sheep grazing below Highbanks Wood


Blencathra from the hill above Highbanks Wood


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

Click here to see the site of the proposed windfarm on Berrier Hill


Blencathra and its neighbours from this hill


Carrock Fell


track in Greystoke Forest


Carrock Fell from the highest point in Greystoke Forest


zooming in on Carrock Fell


Gillcambon Tarn - a hidden gem


looking back at the tarn from this strip of rarely visited access land


Berrier Hill summit - proposed site for 9 wind turbines 102m high


360 degree panorama from Berrier Hill - click on the image for a larger version
- the masts would be seen from every spot in this panorama


zooming in on Penrith and the Beacon from Berrier Hill with Cross Fell faintly beyond


Carrock Fell from the limestone escarpment of Berrier Hill


looking back at the limestone escarpment


Berrier Hill from the west - the mast is measuring wind speed


Great Mell Fell from the edge of Highbanks Wood ..


.. and zoomed in with a stormier sky approaching


sunshine on Little Mell Fell


Bowscale Fell and The Tongue from the road below Highbanks Wood