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High Rigg

Walked on 22/06/2010

Start point: Castlerigg Stone Circle (NY 291 237)

Castlerigg Stone Circle – Naddle Bridge – Low Rigg – Tewet Tarn – High Rigg – High Nest – Castlerigg Stone Circle

Distance: 5 miles     Total Ascent: 327 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours     Start Time: 09:50

Weather: Bright sunny and warm. 21C

There was a definite north/south divide in the morning weather today and the sun shone brightly over Keswick as I crossed Dunmail Raise. This was a relatively easy walk on lower ground across lovely summer meadows and taking in the delightful Tewet Tarn and High Rigg on the route.

High Rigg

High Rigg route map.

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This is Yew Tree Tarn between Coniston and Ambleside and it is pretty well empty.

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I got talking to the chap on the dam - he is a surveyor and he told me it has a leak...at least it's not the drought!

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The dry bed of Yew Tree Tarn. As often seems to happen, the crossing of Dunmail Raise brought different weather and it was much sunnier in the north than the south.

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Blencathra from Castlerigg Stone Circle.

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Today's target of High Rigg in the mid-distance and the Dodds and Helvellyn beyond.

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Skiddaw and the Stone Circle.

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Big Blencathra from the crossing to Naddle Bridge.

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Looking across the fields to Castlerigg Fell.

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Skiddaw and Blencathra panoramic view.

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Naddle Beck.

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Approaching Tewet Tarn. There were lots of cows to the left of this photo so I had to choose a route for me and the 'cow magnets' very carefully.

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Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell from Tewet Tarn.

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A dip in the tarn for the boys, High Rigg ahead.

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Blencathra.

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...and from higher up.

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High Rigg from Low Rigg.

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On the way to the youth centre and the church.

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A peep over the wall to St John's in the Vale Church.

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Looking across Low Rigg to the Vale of Keswick.

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Skiddaw from the summit of High Rigg.

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How warm is it today boys?

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Descending towards Low Nest.

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Bleaberry Fell behind Dodd Crag.

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Buttercup field.

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High Rigg across the buttercups.

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A wabbit at High Nest.

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