Monday 4th April 2005

Start point: Brown Howe car park on the Torver - Greenodd road. (SD 290 910)

Beacon Fell (OF) from Brown Howe

Distance: 3.75 miles     Total Ascent: 382 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 20 minutes

Route Map

Weather: Cloudy with sunny spells, 12oC.

As the sun was shining this afternoon, I thought it worth a visit up to Beacon Fell at the Southern end of Coniston Water. Angus is out of action for a little while as he had an operation on his leg today.

There are unrivalled views of the Coniston Fells from here and as Wainwright said, 'Beacon Fell ranks amongst the most delectable of the lesser heights of Lakeland.'

This walk follows Wainwright's Beacon Fell chapter in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland', page 98.

Coniston Water (formerly Thurstonmere) from Beacon Fell

"A grove there is whose boughs
Stretch from the western marge of Thurstonmere
With length of shade so thick, that whoso glides         
Along the line of low-roofed water, moves
As in a cloister."

William Wordsworth - The Prelude, 1888

The Coniston fells from Beacon Fell. Select on the image for a full size version.

The Dunnerdale Fells and Caw from Beacon Fell.

Beacon Tarn.

The Old Man of Coniston and Wetherlam across an un-named tarn on the path that is part of 'The Cumbria Way' from Ulverston to Carlisle.

Waterfall, Blawith Fell.

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