29th May 2009

today's walk: Sighty Crag


the parking spot near The Flatts at the forest entrance


the track into the forest


looking back down the track with the views enhanced by a lot of felling


higher up more trees but still some glimpses of open fell


a side track leads to the open fell ..


.. some dreadful going ..


.. and amazingly a stile in this trackless wilderness - here looking back to the forest


looking back to the forest again from Long Bar


approaching Sighty Crag through more ghastly going


the summit rocks of Sighty Crag


Sighty Crag summit - a fallen trig point lies beside the standing one


misty ridges southeastwards from Sighty Crag


a vague path leads southwards over Black Stantling ..


.. and then a wall westwards to Long Crag


approaching the trig point on Long Crag with a low flying heavy aircraft ahead


Long Crag trig point looking west ..


.. and looking north over the forest


descending westwards from Long Crag


the parking spot comes into sight beyond the felled part of the forest


zooming in towards the parking area and the starting and return tracks


looking back along the return track to the grassy descent from Long Crag