Height: 410 metres / 1345 feet Grid reference: NY 26470 16274 Category: The Central Fells
High Seat beyond Joppelty How from Grange (Brund) Fell
King’s How
Height 392 metres/1282 feet Grid Reference NY 25813 16656
Derwent Water from King’s How with Skiddaw covered in cloud
Start point: Borrowdale road (NY 256 158)
Borrowdale – Frith Wood – Grange Fell (Brund Fell) – King’s How – Bowder Stone – Borrowdale
Distance: 3.4 miles Total Ascent: 412 metres Time Taken: 1 hours 45 minutes Start Time: 09:15
Weather: Long sunny spells. 12°C
I had a lovely walk in the sunshine in beautiful Borrowdale today and was in a t-shirt for the full walk, a sure sign that things are hotting up! Casper and Dougal are still in full winter attire but I’m not sure that will last too much longer!
Grange Fell route map.
Climbing into Frith Woods.
It's a lovely spring morning.
Out of the woods and looking into Borrowdale.
Rosthwaite and the Borrowdale Fells.
Up on Brund Fell.
Great Crag and the central fells.
The wild boys on Brund Fell.
Skiddaw and Derwent Water from Brund Fell with a glimpse of Bassenthwaite Lake too.
High Seat with Joppelty How in the foreground.
Heading for King's How.
King's How on Grange Fell.
A great view of Derwent Water from King's How.
Castle Crag and High Spy.
Casper and Dougal on King's How - I can hear the sound of sharpening scissors boys!
A panoramic view from King's Fell.
Skiddaw.
King's How from below. It looks almost unassailable from here.
Dougal makes use of the open space now we are back down in Borrowdale.
The Bowder Stone.
A Lake District monument...along with a standing stone and Dougal, Castle Crag beyond! On the way back...
'And whitening and brightening And quivering and shivering...' Robert Southey, 1830
The Cataract of Lodore
Start point: Rosthwaite village hall (NY 258 149)
Rosthwaite – Dock Tarn – Great Crag – Grange Fell (Brund Fell) – King’s How – Grange – Castle Crag – Rosthwaite
Distance: 7.5 miles Total Ascent: 780 metres Time Taken: 4 hours
Weather: Drizzle turning to sunshine. 10oC.
Today was certainly a day of two halves for this walk around Wainwright’s ‘loveliest square mile in Lakeland’ – dull and drizzling when we set off eventually ending up as sunshine and blue skies for a lovely Spring day ending.
Setting off in the drizzle alongside Stonethwaite Beck.
Following the Cumbria Way past Stonethwaite with Eagle Crag and Rosthwaite Fell ahead.
Eagle Crag and Sergeants Crag from the steep climb to Great Crag through the woods.
Cascades on Willygrass Gill.
Dock Tarn.
Borrowdale from Great Crag.
Castle Crag across Borrowdale.
A close-up version.
Heading for Grange Fell - Brund Fell, the summit, is to the right and King's How is to the left.
Watendlath and Watendlath Tarn, High Tove beyond.
High Seat beyond Joppelty How from Brund Fell.
Borrowdale from Brund Fell.
Heading for King's How.
Rosthwaite Fell, Glaramara and Thornythwaite Fell - the Borrowdale Fells. Pike o' Stickle is visible on the distant left.
Derwent Water from King's How with Skiddaw covered in cloud - not for long though as there was a big change in the weather for the final part of the walk.
Angus on King's How. This is his birthday treat, he is 11 on the 9th March - Happy Birthday Angus!
Looks like Casper has been rolling around in the grass.
Looking across to the crags on the eastern face of High Spy.
Heading into Grange with the sun shining now.
The River Derwent.
It's all sparkly sunshine on the way to Castle Crag.
Castle Crag from the south.
The spoil heap on the way to Castle Crag summit; Angus has found the path.
Skiddaw and Derwent Water from Castle Crag.
The summit of Castle Crag.
Looking across to King's How.
Blencathra.
Helvellyn Lower Man and Helvellyn - looks like there are a couple of people on the top of Helvellyn!
The Jaws of Borrowdale - it's a different day now.
Again, with more sky.
...and even more sky!
Looking back to Castle Crag.
Start point: Rosthwaite (NY 258 149)
Rosthwaite – Dock Tarn – Great Crag (371) – Grange Fell (Brund Fell) (372) – King’s How (373) – Bowder Stone – Grange – Castle Crag – Rosthwaite
Distance: 9.3 miles Total Ascent: 990 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 20 minutes
Weather: A lovely summer’s day, 21°C.
Today’s walk takes place in ‘the loveliest square mile in Lakeland’ according to Wainwright, in Borrowdale up to Grange Fell and across the valley to Castle Crag (incidentally the lowest Wainwright and the only one less than 1000′). It certainly was lovely today as the sun shone and it was very warm with the merest breeze; a real English summer’s day.
Grange Fell route map.
Borrowdale from the path between Rosthwaite and Watendlath.
Watendlath and Watendlath Tarn, High Seat behind.
Great Gable, left, out of the clouds now with High Crag to the right from Great Crag.
Grange Fell from Great Crag.
Angus atop Brund Fell.
Looking across Borrowdale to Castle Crag - the lower prominence with trees on in the foreground. Behind are Dale Head and High Spy.
The Skiddaw fells and Derwent Water from King's How.
The Bowder Stone.
King's How from Castle Crag across Borrowdale.
Rosthwaite and the Jaws of Borrowdale from Castle Crag.
Okay, here's the colour version of the Derwent Water photo...
Start point: Rosthwaite (NY 258 149)
Rosthwaite – Great Crag (211) – Grange Fell (212) (Brund Fell) – King’s How – Grange – Castle Crag (213) – Rosthwaite
Weather: Generally dull with some rain and sunshine.
Grange Fell from Rosthwaite.
Approaching Great Crag.
Low Saddle, High Saddle and Ullscarf from Great Crag summit. Dock Tarn is visible in the centre.
Watendlath Tarn and High Seat from Great Crags Northern cairn.
Brund Fell.
Derwent Water and Skiddaw from Brund Fell, the summit of Grange Fell.
Maiden Moor behind King's How.
Derwent Water and Skiddaw from King's How summit.
Castle Crag and Dale Head from the descent of Grange Fell.
NT sign and Grange Bridge.
The Holy Trinity church, Grange and Broadslack Gill.
Glaramara, Seathwaite Fell and Green Gable from Castle Crag. The Scots Pines are mentioned by AW.
Borrowdale from Castle Crag summit.
Looking along the River Derwent to Derwent Water from Castle Crag.
Borrowdale, Ullscarf and Greenup Edge.
New Bridge near Rosthwaite; Castle Crag, Skiddaw and King's How.
