Devoke Water

Start point: Birker Fell road (SD 171 977)

Birker Fell Road –  Rough Crag (Birker Moor) (OF) – Water Crag (OF) –  Seat How (Birker Moor)  (OF)  – Birker Fell Road

Distance: 3.5 miles     Total Ascent: 300 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes

Weather: Warm but hazy, gradually clearing, 18°C.

This afternoon I had a short and slow walk on Birker Moor, completing a circuit of the Devoke Water shoreline. It was warm today with a slight breeze; the conditions were hazy so it wasn’t so good for views until the end of the walk. Nice to see a little bit of summer though!

Devoke Water route map.

Harter Fell and Green Crag from Rough Crag.

On Water Crag.

Seat How behind the Old Boathouse.

Another view of the Old Boathouse with Rough Crag behind.

The view to the north-east, the haze beginning to clear now.

Devoke Water.