7th April 2009

Today's walk: Top o'Selside (by a much pleasanter route than the one in Wainwright's Outlying Fells)


looking up Coniston Water to the cloud covered Old Man from the start at Dodgson Wood


the permissive path to the fell starts behind this hut ..


.. over this stile then follow white arrows


Coniston Water as the path climbs above the trees


the dramatically situated house of Low Parkamoor


the ruins of High Parkamoor


looking north from the divergence of paths above High Parkamoor


looking back down the tiny path which runs up the forest edge ..


.. to Heel Toe Hill - a new top for me - here looking north


a dramatic sky from Heel Toe Hill


Morecambe Bay from Heel Toe Hill


Arnsbarrow Tarn


looking back to Heel Toe Hill from the short rough section to Top o'Selside summit


the cairn on Top o'Selside looking north


zooming in on Coniston village with the Old Man in cloud behind


looking south to Kirkby Moor


zooming in over the sunny Crake Valley to the wind turbines on Kirkby Moor


looking from the cairn to the 335m northeast top which is the official Marilyn summit


the cairned top from the northeast top


looking over Coniston Water to Caw from the descent to the bridleway on the western slopes


looking down Coniston Water from the bridleway


heading north on the bridleway


the beautiful situation of Low Parkamoor above Coniston Water


Low Parkamoor


going back down the permitted path to the lakeshore


in the woods on the way down


the lower part of the path with the lake below


back on the shore of Coniston Water looking north