Friday 17th September 2004

Start point: Kendal Town Hall (SD 515 926)

Kendal Town Hall - Kendal Fell - Cunswick Fell - Cunswick Scar (OF) - Scout Scar (OF) - Kendal Town Hall

Route Map

Weather: Overcast.

Today's walk follows Wainwright's Scout Scar chapter in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland', page 2.

'This is a walk above others : a pleasure every step of the way.' - AW

Kendal Town Hall, left and the old summerhouse in Serpentine Woods , right.

Memorial tablet to 'DARWIN LEIGHTON - friend of all living creatures in this wood'. A member of the Fell and Rock Club, his daily ritual was to feed the birds and squirrels in Serpentine Wood.

Kendal from Kendal Fell.

Cunswick Fell from Kendal Fell.

Kendal Western bypass as seen from the footbridge  - 'a credit to the road engineers'.

Scout Scar from the large summit cairn of Cunswick Scar.

The shelter, Scout Scar - built in 1912 as a memorial to King George V and recently restored.

Looking along the Lyth Valley from Scout Scar. Arnside Knott is in the distance, Whitbarrow Scar to the right.

The Whinfell range in the distance with Benson Knott to the right from the descent of Scout Scar. This view is across the old racecourse and Kendal beyond.

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