Start Point: Roadside parking near the head of Haweswater (NY 479 119)
Mardale – Old Corpse Road – Selside Pike – Captain Whelter Bog – High Howes (Mardale) – Artle Crag – Branstree – North Ridge – Hollow Stone – Mardale
Distance: 4.7 miles Total Ascent: 506 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 08:20
Weather: Sunny and warm, 17°C
What a gorgeous day it turned out to be today – there was an early mist but once the sun burned through it was really warm so I was down to shirt sleeves and it really did feel like a summer’s day. It was just about perfect and the sort of day I have been dreaming about for the last 12 months!
A misty start to the day over Haweswater.
The mist was quickly burning off as the sun rose higher.
Panorama from the start of the climb of the Old Corpse Road.
Haweswater.
Looking back along the Old Corpse Road - the nearest ridge is the one used in descent.
Selside Pike summit.
Descending from Selside Pike - High Howes is straight ahead and Branstree central.
Looking back to Selside Pike.
Nothing to see on High Howes apart from two old grey monuments.
Passing between the two small tarns with the survey pillar central.
Haweswater Aqueduct survey pillar.
Looking back to Selside Pike and High Howes from Artle Crag - you can see the survey pillar and one of the small tarns centre right.
One of the cairns on Artle Crag.
Dougal puts the thoughtfully provided Branstree drinking bowl to good use.
The summit of Branstree - nothing much to see here either!
High Street and Blea Water.
The impressive north eastern face of Harter Fell.
Surveying the scene.
Dougal loving the warm sunshine.
A panorama from Branstree.
Haweswater.
Giant eagle shadow over Riggindale?
Rough Crag, High Street beyond.
How it ended up at the head of Haweswater when all the mist was gone.