Start point: Greendale (NY 144 056)
Greendale – Seatallan – Scoat Tarn – Scoat Fell – Haycock – Pots of Ashness – Greendale Tarn – Greendale
Distance: 8.9 miles Total Ascent: 1130 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Sunny and warm.19C.
The glorious weather continued today and it ended up being really warm once the breeze died down a bit. This was a walk made up as I went along – I knew I wanted to go to Scoat Tarn as I have walked around it but never been down to it, and to Haycock as I haven’t been there for a while. It ended up as a sort of skinny figure of eight on the map and there seemed to be a lot of ups and downs on this walk and there were certainly no paths to follow for the traverse around to Scoat Tarn.
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The path into Greendale. The climb to Seatallan is adjacent to Tongues Gills, the zig-zags across the gill can be seen directly ahead climbing the fell side.
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Making a decision on the route before the descent from Haycock. I decided to contour around to Scoat Tarn nestling below Red Pike, directly above Caper in this photo.
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Haycock. The grassy rake running diagonally left is the one I used in descent, the path I followed is the faint one form the 'Y' junction to the right.