Start point: Troutbeck (NY 409 032)
Troutbeck – Nanny Lane – The Hundreds – Wansfell – Wansfell Pike – Nanny Lane – Troutbeck
Distance: 3.7 miles Total Ascent: 350 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 20 minutes Start Time: 09:15
Weather: Showers. 14C
Once more everywhere looked pretty grim this morning but sheltered Wansfell looked a fair bet for a dry – if soggy underfoot – walk. Of course we were caught in the odd shower or two and there was no one around anywhere whilst we were up there. Great walk though, I like it up there.
Wansfell route map.
Damp over the Troutbeck rooftops.
Looking back along Nanny Lane from the climb towards Sour Howes and Applethwaite Common.
The boys (having gone ahead) return to see where I am.
Dougal checks out the route of return - we are continuing along the walled track.
The Hundreds looking to Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick and Ill Bell.
Sallows from the final climb to Wansfell.
The summit of Wansfell looking towards Caudale Moor and Park Fell Head.
Damp Dougal and Casper on Wansfell with Wansfell Pike beyond.
Rain, rain everywhere looking west.
Heading for Wansfell Pike.
Looking back to Wansfell along the ridge.
...and again...
...and the other way.
Red Screes.
It's raining on Wansfell Pike.
Windermere from the descent.
Casper didn't think he was quite wet enough after the walk so he had a lie down in this beck running through Troutbeck.