Height: 235 metres / 771 feet Grid reference: SD 48661 91984 Category: The Outlying Fells

The Mushroom shelter on Scout Scar

Scout Scar, the Mushroom to the left
Height: 235 metres / 771 feet Grid reference: SD 48661 91984 Category: The Outlying Fells
The Mushroom shelter on Scout Scar
Scout Scar, the Mushroom to the left
Walked on
Start point: Serpentine Woods car park (SD 511 092)
Serpentine Woods, Kendal – Kendal Fell – Cunswick Fell – Cunswick Scar (OF) – Scout Scar (OF) – Serpentine Woods, Kendal
Distance: 6.6 miles Total Ascent: 296 metres Time Taken: 4 hours Start Time: 11:25
Weather: (Eventually) hot and sunny. 22°C
We took a walk from Kendal to Scout Scar via Cunswick Scar today, following the Wainwright walk in the Outlying Fells book. The starting point is better nowadays for those with cars than the original as there is a free and convenient car park adjacent to Serpentine Woods. The weather started off really dull but soon turned into a rare beautiful summer’s day. As Wainwright said ‘This is a walk above others : a pleasure every step of the way’…and we did indeed ‘…take sandwiches and make a day of it’.
The old quarry tramway at the start of the walk and the weather wasn't looking so promising so we (for 'we' read 'I') carried all our waterproof gear today.
Dougal (looking ready to pounce) and Casper on Cunswick Scar. There is now water for them to drink or swim in up here.
Walked on
Start point: Kendal Town Hall (SD 515 926)
Kendal Town Hall – Kendal Fell – Cunswick Fell – Cunswick Scar (OF) – Scout Scar (OF) – Kendal Town Hall
Weather: Overcast.
Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s Scout Scar chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 2.
‘This is a walk above others : a pleasure every step of the way.’ – AW
Memorial tablet to 'DARWIN LEIGHTON - friend of all living creatures in this wood'. A member of the Fell and Rock Club, his daily ritual was to feed the birds and squirrels in Serpentine Wood.