3rd March 2010

today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Bampton - Low Kop - Bampton


walking through Bampton


sheep processing as we take to the fields


the sheepdog


looking back on Bampton with Knipescar beyond


heading up in the fields above Bampton


a high stile on the route with Little Tarn below


climbing onto the open fell with the Pennines in the distance


looking up Haweswater from a viewpoint on the way up the ridge


Haweswater dam from the same viewpoint


a neolithic ring cairn


two ancient standing stones looking up Haweswater


zooming in on the standing stones and up Haweswater to Harter Fell


looking down on the ring cairn with Haweswater beyond


Haweswater from the upper path


climbing above Haweswater


the very indeterminate summit of Low Kop


leaving Low Kop on its east ridge


Cross Fell ahead as we descend the east ridge


slab bridge over Cawdale Beck


looking up at the slab bridge


descending to Bampton with Knipescar beyond