Height: 565 metres / 1854 feet Grid reference: NY 53705 08507 Category: The Outlying Fells
Crookdale Horseshoe
Start point: Crookdale Bridge (NY 552 055)
Crookdale Bridge – High House Bank (408) (OF) – Robin Hood (409) (OF) – Lord’s Seat (410) (OF) – Lawyer’s Brow – Wasdale Pike (411) (OF) – Great Yarlside (412) (OF) – Little Yarlside (413) (OF) – What Shaw Common (414) (OF) – Crookdale Bridge
Distance: 9.1 miles Total Ascent: 877 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 25 minutes
Weather: Mixed – overcast with fleeting sunny intervals and quite breezy. 15°C.
Another set of Wainwright Outlying Fells today, this time the walk was on the very eastern edge of the Lake District in the Shap Fells and it takes in ‘The Wasdale Horseshoe’ and ‘The Crookdale Horseshoe’ chapters from the Outlying Fells book. It was breezy on the tops and the clouds were fleeting across the sky giving the occasional sun spot.