Start point: Walna Scar road (SD 289 970)
Walna Scar car park – Boo Tarn – The Old Man of Coniston – Low Water – Walna Scar car park
Distance: 3.5 miles Total Ascent: 575 metres Time Taken: 3 hours
Weather: Sunny. 17oC.
It was another bright day today and we managed to beat the majority of the hoards up to Coniston Old Man, which was timely as it happened as the clouds rolled in when we were at the summit. I hate to say it but there was just the feeling of a slight nip in the air and the bracken is starting to look slightly brown. I wonder if there will be any hot days to come? I haven’t even managed a swim anywhere yet this summer!
Wow, it was almost like a summer's day at Coniston today - here looking up to The Old Man from the Walna Scar Road.
The Bell and Wetherlam.
Angus and Casper waiting for us on the way up.
Casper has a lie down in the sunshine.
Heading across Little Arrow Moor towards Walna Scar and Brown Pike.
The Duddon Estuary across Torver Common.
Sunshine on Brown Pike.
and a moody looking Dow Crag.
Louise and Angus enjoying the view across The Cove to Buck Pike and Dow Crag.
Angus.
Coniston and Coniston Water over the quarry workings.
The southern end of Coniston Water and the Leven Estuary, Heysham Power Station on the horizon across Morecambe Bay.
All blue skies and sunshine on the way up.
The view from the summit across Low Water to Wetherlam with Fairfield and the eastern fells beyond.
Silhouetted Scafells from the summit of Coniston Old Man as the weather starts to close in a bit to the west.
It still looks okay to the east though.
Louise, Angus and Casper on the summit.
Looking over to Brim Fell and the Scafells.
It has all changed over on Brown Pike now, enveloped in cloud.
The view over Coppermines Valley towards Windermere.
A series of explosions from the quarry rocked the fell during descent.
Walking through the industrial relics on the descent.