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Tuesday 24th June 2008
Start point: Lay-by on the A591
(NY 316 173)
Thirlspot - Swirls -
Browncove Crags -
Helvellyn -
Helvellyn Lower Man -
White Side
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Brown Crag
(540) - Thirlspot
Distance: 5.6 miles
Total Ascent: 860 metres
Time Taken: 3 hours
Weather: Overcast but clear. 15oC.
Route Map
It has been fantastic over the last few weeks
to receive so much support from everyone about our new
venture in Bowness, both by e-mail and in person at the shop
- really lovely to meet everyone who has visited. We all
know that fell walking people are warm hearted! Special
mention must be made of the Gunter family from Florida in
the USA who have followed the site almost since the
beginning - I would love to say they flew in specially to
see me, but that's not quite true although the whole family
did make a special journey during their holidays to visit
the shop - thanks for coming and I'm sorry I missed you that
day.
Today's walk was to Helvellyn for the second
time during June; the reason for that was to climb my
penultimate Birkett peak, Brown Crag. The clarity today was
quite striking even though it was overcast with long clear
views for mile after mile.
Browncove Crags on the north-western slopes of
Helvellyn from the A591.
Helvellyn Gill.
Early morning sunshine on Skiddaw.
Skiddaw and Blencathra from higher up. That was the
last of the sunshine this morning.
I don't know what was going on here but there were
thousands of gulls below Browncove Crags - perhaps they were after the
caterpillars that are emerging at the moment.
Looking back down the steep climb. It was really clear
today, look how far you can see at the top left.
That is Criffel across the Solway Firth, easily
discernible today.
The north-western fells across Thirlmere,
Bassenthwaite Lake to the right.
Catstycam and Swirral Edge across Brown Cove from the
Helvellyn ridge.
Looking down Swirral Edge to Catstycam and Ullswater.
Red Tarn.
Helvellyn is all ours this morning Casper lad, there's
not a soul around.
Looking south from the summit cairn across the cross
shelter.
Looks like a big party coming across Striding Edge.
The view from Helvellyn.
Looking to Morecambe Bay across Nethermost Pike with
Windermere, Esthwaite Water and Coniston Water in view.
He's spotted something down below.
The view from Helvellyn Lower Man to White Side, Raise
and the Dodds.
The Scottish hills across the Solway Firth and
Bassenthwaite Lake.
Ullswater.
Someone has been busy building this handsome cairn on
White Side, here looking back to Helvellyn.
The view from Brown Crag.
The wooded Great How at the head of Thirlmere, one of
the quartet I did last week.
High Rigg.
The steep descent to Thirlspot.
Thirlmere aqueduct.
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