Start point: Hardknott Pass summit (NY 230 014)
Hardknott Pass – Border End – Hard Knott – Hardknott Pass
Distance: 2 miles Total Ascent: 200 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 15 minutes
Weather: Clear. 20oC.
It was a lovely morning and a welcome sight after the miserable rain of yesterday. We had a walk to Border End and Hard Knott which give fine views of Eskdale and the Scafells. Angus and Casper had a swim in one or two of the mountain tarns and after a visit to the Roman fort, another swim (or bath!) in the River Duddon on the way home.
Eskdale, looking to the west Cumbrian coast from Border End.
Harter Fell.
Esk Pike and Bow Fell.
The Scafell range.
The same view overlooking Upper Eskdale. The Eskdale Needle is centre right.
Angus and Casper with England's highest fells behind.
Esk Pike and Bow Fell, the Eskdale Needle again visible bottom centre.
Slight Side and Scafell.
Esk Pike.
Scafell Pike, Broad Crag and Ill Crag across Great Moss and in front of them Pen and Esk Buttress.
Ill Crag, Esk Pike and Upper Eskdale.
Harter Fell across one of the many mountain tarns around Hard Knott.
Harter Fell from the summit of Hard Knott.
Esk Pike, Bow Fell and Crinkle Crags from Hard Knott.
Casper and Angus have a lie down in the grass and soak up the warm sunshine.
Little Stand and Wrynose Pass.
Another close up of Esk Pike, this time from Hard Knott.
Bow Fell.
Scafell Pike, the summit cairn clearly visible today.
Angus fancies a swim in this mirror-like tarn on Hard Knott. A short way down the other side of the Hardknott Pass lies Mediobogdum, the ruins of a Roman fort occupied between A.D. 100-110 to A.D. 125-135.
Border End from the east gate of the fort.
Harter Fell and the fort.