Start Point: Walna Scar road (SD 289 970)
Walna Scar Car Park – Coniston Old Man – Brim Fell – Little How Crags – Fairfield col – Grey Friar – Great Carrs – Top of Broad Slack – Swirl How – Prison Band – Swirl Hawse – Levers Water – Boulder Valley – Walna Scar Car Park
Distance: 14.4 km Total Ascent: 876 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 06:45
Weather: Beautiful and clear. 2°C
Time to dust off the hiking boots now that summer has gone and the crowds have largely receded. It was great to get out again on such a day, there was absolute clarity and views for miles. There was no one around at all today until I got to Boulder Valley, so I had the fells to myself for a while. I know these fells well and have walked them many times but they are still great walk; it felt a bit like coming home.


There was a bank of low lying cloud on the horizon this morning so it took 10 minutes or so for the sun to actually appear - it was shaping up to be a beautiful day.

Which path? We came across on the right hand path in this photo and climbed to Great Carrs on the second left.

The Halifax Bomber crash memorial on Great Carrs. The Halifax bomber crashed on 22 October 1944 and all 8 crew members (7 Canadian and 1 British) were killed in the crash. In 2005 2005-new slate plaque was installed, dedicated 11/11/2005 by Rev Mark East.