30th August 2008

Today's walks: Blawith Knott, Burney and Cartmel Fell (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p108, 112, 42)


Blawith Knott from the Woodland Fell road


AW's parking spot - little more than a passing place


Giant's Grave


the red arrow marks my parking spot as seen from the path to Blawith Knott


the first cairn looking towards Black Combe hidden in clouds


the summit of Blawith Knott looking towards the Coniston Fells obscured in mist


Tottlebank Height from Blawith Knott - the direct route on a good path omits Lang Tarn


Lang Tarn, the smallest named tarn in the Lake District along with Foxes Tarn on Scafell


another viewpoint on the ridge, also omitted by the direct path to Tottlebank Heights


Burney from the top of Tottlebank Heights


the rough descent from Tottlebank Heights to the return bridleway


on the bridleway with Black Combe vaguely ahead


if there is time and energy to spare, consider an ascent of Burney says AW - here is the start track


heading up beside the wall


this rake looks like a permanent fixture with a Rowan tree behind


a cairn on the col marks the point to turn towards Burney with a glimpse of Coniston Water ahead


the Crake Valley below from the slopes of Burney


zooming in over Beacon Fell to Coniston Water


the trig point on Burney summit with the Kirkby Moor wind turbines beyond


the Duddon estuary from the south ridge of Burney


Black Combe seen over the estuary from the ridge


descending from Burney to the parking spot with Kirkby Moor ahead


Rigg Well Farm from near the foot of Burney


on the way home I diverted to St Anthony's church at Cartmel Fell


the path to the fell starts along the wall beside the lych gate


looking back down the path


the cairn on Raven's Barrow


the Winster Valley from the cairn


looking down on the cairn from the highest point of the fell


this was a white gate in AW's day


the barn which was formerly Heights Cottage


approaching the arificial tarn with a boathouse


the boathouse from the dam


the return bridleway with the Winster Valley ahead


AW does not describe the return through the fields which is confusing ..


.. but leads eventually to this gate into the churchyard