Wednesday 5th July 2006

Start point: Blea Tarn Car Park (NY 296 043)

Blea Tarn - Brown How on Lingmoor Fell - Lingmoor Tarn - Side Pike - Blea Tarn

Distance: 5.7 miles     Total Ascent: 602 metres     Time Taken: 5 hours

Weather: Very hot and still. 28oC.

Route Map

It was even hotter today than yesterday, the heat was stifling with barely a hint of a breeze for a walk up to Lingmoor Fell - and of course it was very hazy. We were accompanied by Roger and Ann Hiley with their dogs Harry and Bethan today - the Loweswater team were on tour in the south Lakes!

Roger, Ann and the dogs head off down the road at Side Gates, the Tilberthwaite fells beyond.

Blake Rigg from Side Gates.

The Coniston fells and Little Langdale from the steep climb to Lingmoor Fell.

Little Langdale Tarn and Great Intake, Wetherlam behind.

A hazy view of Elter Water and Windermere.

Hot, hot, hot on Lingmoor Fell.

Come on in, the water's lovely!

The wall that crosses Lingmoor Fell and divides Little Langdale from Great Langdale.

Pike o' Blisco, Crinkle Crags, Bow Fell and the Langdale Pikes from the summit of Lingmoor Fell.

Heading down to Lingmoor Tarn.

Cooling off in Lingmoor Tarn with the Langdale Pikes as a nice backdrop.

Bow Fell across Lingmoor Tarn.

The wall continues to Side Pike.

A tight squeeze for Roger, but at least the hat makes it through the gap in the rock on the way to Side Pike.

All four still at once! Angus, Bethan, Harry and Casper have a rest on Side Pike.

Bow Fell and The Band with Mickleden to the right from Side Pike.

Great Langdale.

The Langdale Pikes.

...and closer up.

Pike o' Blisco - where we were yesterday.

Looking back to Side Pike on the way to Blea Tarn.

Cooling off in Blea Tarn.

Blea Tarn, the Langdale Pikes and Side Pike.

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