24th January 2008

Today's walk: Heughscar Hill (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p216)


Askham village green - Westmorland's most attractive village according to Wainwright


the track from Askham onto Heughscar Hill


looking back to Askham and the distant Pennine ridge from the track


trees and sky looking north from the track


the track continuing up towards the plantation near the summit


boundary stone near the top - but it doesn't look like the one sketched by AW


Ullswater from the summit of Heughscar Hill


rays of sunshine from the very windy summit of Heughscar Hill


the very windy escarpment northwards


Ullswater from the path back below the escarpment


zooming in on Helvellyn beyond the head of Ullswater


High Street Roman road heading southwards below the escarpment


the foot of Ullswater and Little Mell Fell from the track


zooming in on Pooley Bridge with Blencathra in the left distance


Heughscar Hill from the Cockpit stone circle


about half of the stone circle looking west ..


.. and zooming in on Little Mell Fell with Blencathra beyond


westwards again en route to the Cop Stone


the Cop Stone looking west ..


.. and looking east


approaching the standing stones with Heughscar Hill ahead


Wainwright's picture from the standing stones


windswept fell pony on the way down to Askham