3rd January 2008

Today's walk: Flat Fell and Dent (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p198)


the starting point at Wath Bridge (where there is good parking)


view north from Nannycatch Road


and another view north from higher up the road looking to Blake Fell


the town of Cleator Moor from the slopes of Flat Fell


zooming in on Great Borne from Flat Fell


Dent from Flat Fell - is this the rock in Wainwright's sketch?


looking north from Flat Fell summit, which now has a cairn


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


the valley of Nannycatch Beck from Flatfell Screes


Nannycatch Gate and Raven Crag


Raven Crag from the ascent beside it


Nannycatch Gate from high on Raven Crag


looking down Nannycatch Beck from high on Raven Crag


the rough ridge from Raven Crag on the left joins the Coast to Coast path


Dent from the Coast to Coast Path (also a Wainwright invention)


Blake Fell and Gavel Pike still in sunshine as the route crosses a forest road


sunbeams over the sea seen beyond Sellafield power station


Dent summit looking east


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


the larger but lower cairn on the west ridge of Dent


the path runs down the right of the fence (AW stays on the left) ..


.. and the C2C takes a rough path through the trees ..


.. but I followed the forest road used in the book


a church in Cleator Moor seen over the River Ehen from the road


back at Wath Bridge