Start Point: Walna Scar road (SD 289 970)
Walna Scar road – Coniston Old Man – Brim Fell – Levers Hawse – Grey Friar – Great Carrs – Swirl How – Prison Band – Swirl Hawse – Levers Water – Boulder Valley – Walna Scar road
Distance: 8.5 miles Total Ascent: 968 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 07:15
Weather: Breezy, cold on top, 12°C
Today’s walk involved an early start to take in a round of the Coniston fells. It was a solitary walk today and there was no-one around and that wind was oh-so cold, I think I have forgotten what it can be like given all the recent warm weather we have had – brrr! This walk will feature in an issue of Trail Magazine soon.
Firstly, a few sunset shots from last night, 12th October...Black Combe.
West Coast sunset.
A beautiful evening. On with the walk...
Sunrise contrails
Moon over Walna Scar
Black Combe, Brown Pike and Blind Tarn
Looking across Low Water to Wetherlam from The Old Man
Sky above the summit cairn
There was lots of cloud flitting across the tops today, here it can be seen blowing across Swirl How to the right
Looking back to The Old Man
You won't get lost on this path with a proliferation of cairns
Looking back from Brim Fell
Brim Fell
Great How Crags and Swirl How - I traversed across about halfway up the climb to head for Grey Friar
Brim Fell and Dow Crag from the traverse
I like the way the cairn mirrors the fells on Grey Friar
Bit windy Dougal?
The Matterhorn Rock
The WW2 memorial
Grey Friar from Great Carrs
Swirl How, The Old Man, Brim Fell and Dow Crag all in a row
Atmospheric happenings over the Scafells and Bowfell
The descent of Prison Band, Wetherlam ahead
Crossing Levers Water
Into Boulder Valley
Modern day industry continues at Coniston