Striding Edge

A photo diary of Lake District fell walks

  • Walks
  • Fells
    • Wainwrights
      • Eastern Fells
      • Far Eastern Fells
      • Central Fells
      • Southern Fells
      • Northern Fells
      • North Western Fells
      • Western Fells
      • Outlying Fells
    • Birketts
  • Dogs
  • Love The Lakes
  • Contact

Rosthwaite Round

Walked on 07/03/2007

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.

Rosthwaite-Round

07.03.07-002

Setting off in the drizzle alongside Stonethwaite Beck.

07.03.07-004

Following the Cumbria Way past Stonethwaite with Eagle Crag and Rosthwaite Fell ahead.

07.03.07-014

Eagle Crag and Sergeants Crag from the steep climb to Great Crag through the woods.

07.03.07-018

Cascades on Willygrass Gill.

07.03.07-033

Dock Tarn.

07.03.07-043

Borrowdale from Great Crag.

07.03.07-048

Castle Crag across Borrowdale.

07.03.07-050

A close-up version.

07.03.07-066

Heading for Grange Fell - Brund Fell, the summit, is to the right and King's How is to the left.

07.03.07-068

Watendlath and Watendlath Tarn, High Tove beyond.

07.03.07-088

High Seat beyond Joppelty How from Brund Fell.

07.03.07-098

Borrowdale from Brund Fell.

07.03.07-104

Heading for King's How.

07.03.07-105

Rosthwaite Fell, Glaramara and Thornythwaite Fell - the Borrowdale Fells. Pike o' Stickle is visible on the distant left.

07.03.07-108

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.

07.03.07-116

Angus on King's How. This is his birthday treat, he is 11 on the 9th March - Happy Birthday Angus!

07.03.07-118

Looks like Casper has been rolling around in the grass.

07.03.07-127

Looking across to the crags on the eastern face of High Spy.

07.03.07-138

Heading into Grange with the sun shining now.

07.03.07-141

The River Derwent.

07.03.07-149

It's all sparkly sunshine on the way to Castle Crag.

07.03.07-156

Castle Crag from the south.

07.03.07-158

The spoil heap on the way to Castle Crag summit; Angus has found the path.

07.03.07-163

Skiddaw and Derwent Water from Castle Crag.

07.03.07-167

The summit of Castle Crag.

07.03.07-179

Looking across to King's How.

07.03.07-180

Blencathra.

07.03.07-184

Helvellyn Lower Man and Helvellyn - looks like there are a couple of people on the top of Helvellyn!

07.03.07-186

The Jaws of Borrowdale - it's a different day now.

07.03.07-188

Again, with more sky.

07.03.07-200

...and even more sky!

07.03.07-203

Looking back to Castle Crag.

Share this…


  • Facebook


  • Twitter


  • Messenger


  • Whatsapp


  • Email

Previous walk Next walk

Walking Diary

  • The Mosedale Horseshoe 01/03/2022
  • Caw 18/01/2022
  • Coniston sunset 17/01/2022
  • Blencathra 15/01/2022
  • Scafell Pike 14/01/2022

Social

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Information

  • Striding Edge
  • T&C’s
  • Privacy
  • Links