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Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow

The Indian summer continues ‘up north’.

Even at the weekend.

Soft white morning mists hanging in valleys,

slowly clearing to blue.

Wast Water was quiet.

Deep water totally still and undisturbed.

Steep sides silent.  Not a trace of life.

September.

Wastwater

Wastwater

Perhaps all the tourists had gone home.

Dropping Crag Yewbarrow

Dropping Crag Yewbarrow

Only the second car in the car park below Yewbarrow, we headed up.  Colours as deep as the lake.  Impossible not to turn round every five minutes and just enjoy the moment.

Sca Fells

Kirk Fell Sca Fells et al

A plod up the green and then the scree scramble to the ridge.

scramble up dropping crag

Scramble up

West coast sands clearly seen beyond the Lake District boundary.

Wast Water

Wast Water

Detour up Great Door, stop for a coffee, eat your lunch, on a fine day it’s impossible to rush away.

Lingmell

Lingmell and Scafells

Tops of hills sat skittle like round the valley

Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow Ridge

Scrambles bracket the ridge of Yewbarrow.

Stirrup Crag

Down from Stirrup Crag

The descent of Stirrup Crag steeper but not so long.

Yewbarrow from Red pike

Top Red Pike

Just a bit more down before the easyish hike up Red Pike, and a few false summits to confound.

Scoat Tarn

Scoat Tarn

Trundling down a rather indistinct track past Scoat Tarn

Scoat Tarn

Scoat Tarn

Sheltered and undisturbed.  No one to disturbed this wide, peaceful valley.

Scoat Fell

Scoat Fell

A steep drop from the tarn and it quickly disappears from view.

Netherbeck

Netherbeck

Far from a boring slog out, Netherbeck was almost as satisfying as the ridge

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