15th February 2008

Today's walk: Walna Scar (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p 114)


Wetherlam and The Bell from Fell Gate


Cove Bridge and Brown Pike


looking back down the Walna Scar road to Coniston Water


Coniston Old Man from the west


I made a short diversion to Blind Tarn


poser - looking south to the sea


shelter on the Walna Scar road


the Walna Scar pass looking west


the Scafells from Walna Scar


panoramic shot of the same view


the Walna Scar road descending into Dunnerdale with Harter Fell beyond


track on the side of White Maiden looking back to Walna Scar and the Dow Crag ridge


AW does not visit White Pike but I did - looking south to Caw


Green Crag and Harter Fell seen over Dunnerdale from White Pike


the Scafells from a frozen tarn on White Maiden


the Coniston fells from White Maiden


Walna Scar from Red Gill


in Ash Gill Quarry with Coniston Old Man behind


the Dow Crag ridge from Ash Gill Quarry


the Dow Crag ridge from the fording point over Torver Beck


the big hole Bannishead Quarry


zooming in on the waterfall


another angle on the big hole ..


.. and another zoomed in shot


looking east into the big hole


is this the stone circle in AW's book? ..


.. or this? - probably neither


Wetherlam from a pool near Fell Gate