Height: 438 metres / 1437 feet Grid reference: NY 17282 26560
Kirk Fell on Lorton summit
Kirk Fell on Lorton
The Clerk and The Bishop
Start point: Thornthwaite (NY 220 264)
Thornthwaite – Barf (241) – Lord’s Seat (242) – Broom Fell (243) – Graystones (244) – Kirk Fell on Lorton (245) – Spout Gill – Brown How on Whinlatter (246) – Whinlatter Top (247) – Tarbarrel Moss (248) – Ullister Hill (249) – Seat How (Thornthwaite) (250) – Thornthwaite
Weather: Dull, overcast – gale force winds and driving rain.
Today’s walk started with a steep ascent up to Barf from Thornthwaite – I think I found out why it is called Barf going up there! The weather was absolutely atrocious – gale force winds and driving rain, especially on the exposed sections from Lord’s Seat to Broom Fell and across Whinlatter. The forest sections came as a welcome relief from the constant battering today.
Whinlatter Fells
Spout Force Car Park – Brown How on Whinlatter – Whinlatter (154) – Tarbarrel Moss – Ullister Hill – Lord’s Seat (155) – Barf (156) – Lord’s Seat – Broom Fell (157) – Graystones (158) – Kirk Fell on Lorton – Spout Force – Spout Force Car Park
A clear day, warm for the time of year.
Graystones from the Spout Force car park.
Brown How on Whinlatter summit. L-R Grisedale Pike, Eel Crag, Sand Hill, Hobcarton Crag, Hopegill Head, Ladyside Pike, Grasmoor (in cloud), Whiteside.
The Eastern top of Whinlatter looking toward the Skiddaw massif.
Skiddaw from Tarbarrel Moss.
The High Street ridge from Tarbarrel Moss.
Lord's Seat from Ullister Hill.
Looking to Longside Edge and Skiddaw from Lord's Seat summit.
Broom Fell from Lord's Seat.
Skiddaw and Longside Edge from the summit of Barf.
Broom Fell summit cairn looking towards Skiddaw and Longside Edge.
Whinlatter from Widow Hause.
Broom Fell and Lord's Seat from Graystones summit with Skiddaw in the distance.
Lorton Vale from the descent of Graystones. Mellbreak has the sunrays shining on it in the centre.
Spout Force waterfall.