Tuesday 14th December 2004

Start point: Thornthwaite (NY 220 264)

Thornthwaite - Barf (241) - Lord's Seat (242) - Broom Fell (243) - Graystones (244) - Kirk Fell on Lorton (245) - Spout Gill - Brown How on Whinlatter (246) - Whinlatter Top (247) - Tarbarrel Moss (248) - Ullister Hill (249) - Seat How (Thornthwaite) (250) - Thornthwaite

Route Map

Weather: Dull, overcast - gale force winds and driving rain.

Today's walk started with a steep ascent up to Barf from Thornthwaite - I think I found out why it is called Barf going up there! The weather was absolutely atrocious - gale force winds and driving rain, especially on the exposed sections from Lord's Seat to Broom Fell and across Whinlatter. The forest sections came as a welcome relief from the constant battering today.

Elevation profile of the route.

3D images of the walk route.

The Clerk at the base of Barf.

The steep scree climb up to The Bishop.

The Bishop of Barf.

View to Thornthwaite from The Bishop.

Lord's Seat from Barf.

Barf from Lord's Seat.

Broom Fell and Lord's Seat from Graystones.

'What are we doing here?'

Kirk Fell on Lorton summit, left, and Hobcarton End with Grisedale Pike lost in the mist from the (welcome!) wind shelter on Brown How.

Broom Fell and Lord's Seat from Whinlatter.

The corner of the fence that marks the summit of Tarbarrel Moss.

Lord's Seat and Barf from Ullister Hill, left and Seat How, right.

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