The view to Rowling End, Causey Pike, Outerside, (I think) and Barrow.
Cat Bells 31st March 2009.
This was a circular walk I did from Swinside Farm House where I staying, up to Hawes End and over Cat Bells then down to Hause Gate where I turned right and basically followed Yewthwaite Gill and turned right along the path to Skelgill. Here I took the road to Stair where I took the road back to Swinside.
The view to Rowling End, Causey Pike, Outerside, (I think) and Barrow.
Skelgill Bank. I saw a red squirrel in the garden of Swinside Lodge,
(which is now behind me) but was not quick enough to get a photo of it.
The hairpin bend near Hawes End. The fells in the background are L to R, Barrow Barf, Swinside and Skiddaw.
Derwent Bay and Derwentwater from the path up to Skelgill Bank.
Swinside.
The path to Skelgill Bank.
The view to the right of the path showing Sail? Rowling End, Causey
Pike, Outerside, Grisedale Pike and Barrow. If I am wrong please email
me to let me know.
Another view of Barrow, Seat How, Barf, Bass Lake, Swinside, Dodd with
Skiddaw in the clouds. I can see where I was staying from here. Place
your curser over the image to see where.
Another view towards Skelgill Bank.
And looking back.
Skelgill Bank, Cat Bells and Maiden Moor.
The path to Cat Bells with Maiden Moor and Hindscarth behind.
The road to the left below goes to Grange.
Maiden Moor, Hindscarth, Robinson and the Newlands Pass.
Looking back.
The view to Keswick with Skiddaw and Blencathra in the cloud beyond.
Barrow, Barf, Bassenthwaite Lake and Skiddaw.
Getting a bit closer to Cat Bells summit now.
The view back.
Another view back.
Nearly there.
The view from the summit.
Looking towards Maiden Moor and Hindscarth from Cat Bells summit.
High tea perhaps.
Derwentwater from the summit.
It is I on the summit. Or should that be high.
Little Town way down in the valley.
Maiden Moor, Hindscarth and Robinson with Little Town bottom right of photo.
The view into Borrowdale from Hause Gate. I decended to the right here. Castle Crag in the haze is just to the right of centre.
Looking back to Cat Bells.
One of the crystal clear rock pools I came across on the descent.
Yewthwaite Gill winding down the valley through the disused mining area on it's way to join Newlands Beck.
Old mining scars.
Looking across the hill side. Cat Bells is high up to the right.
Scar Crags and Causey Pike I believe.
A footbridge across the Yewthwaite Gill although not shown on the map.
The power of water.
Crystal clear.
The view back up the Gill.
Some of the mining debris.
Hillside and pasture separated by dry stone walling.
The path to Skelgill with Skiddaw in the distance.
View showing Barrow, Barf, Bass Lake and Swinside with the Skiddaw massif behind.
I had problems figuring out what the fells were in this picture as it's
nearly 18 months since I did this walk. So I asked Roger and Ann Hiley
of Loweswatercam
who very kindly helped me out by identifying them. They are Rowling
End, the lower slopes of Causey Pike, Outerside, Grisedale Pike in the
centre, and Barrow.
Looking back to Skelgill, Skelgill Bank and Cat Bells from the road to Stair.
Looking towards Stair with Barrow behind.
Approaching Stair.
A couple of nearly brand new locals and their mum in a field on the way back to Swinside.
Camera: Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS.
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