13th February 2008

Today's walk: Bigland Barrow (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p 70) with an extension to Bigland Tarn and the HUMP Grassgarth Heights


the quiet lane to Canny Hill


the bridleway towards Bigland Barrow


the reservoir beside the bridleway with the Coniston fells in the distance


reflections in the reservoir


looking back down the bridleway


the bridleway below as we leave it and head up towards Bigland Allotment


Red Screes is the central fell in this retrospective view


the 585' top looking northeast ..


.. and a panoramic shot looking west to the Coniston fells


Gummers How from the 585' top


looking back at the 585' top from the slopes of Bigland Barrow


willow tree and wartime relic on top of Bigland Barrow


the summit of Bigland Barrow looking to the Coniston fells


looking back at Bigland Barrow from the south


the small tarn at the south of AW's route looking to the Coniston fells


we extended the walk to Bigland Tarn ..


.. to climb Grassgarth Heights, here seen across the tarn


the top of Grassgarth Heights looking north ..


.. looking west over Bigland Tarn to the Coniston fells ..


.. and south to the Greenodd Estuary


the nearest we got to Wainwright's view from High Brow Edge - here from High Gate


we rejoined AW's route above Back Reddings Tarn


on the path to Hazelrigg


on the barn door at Hazelrigg the time is right and the temperature is 60 degrees fahrenheit


ancient tractor on the way down the lane