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Orrest Head

Walked on 14/02/2005

Start point: Windermere (SD 414 987)

Orrest Head (OF) from Windermere

Weather: Cold, fine with sunny spells.

This week is the school half-term, so today’s short walk is a child friendly one to Orrest Head, famous for being Wainwright’s first ascent of a Lake District fell and the one that changed his life forever. It is easy to see why with an easy stroll from Windermere rewarded with magnificent views of the high fells. Orrest Head is described in Wainwright’s Orrest Head chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 26.

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This way...

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Connie and Angus at the summit view indicator.

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Red Screes.

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Caudale Moor, Thornthwaite Crag and the Ill Bell ridge

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The Langdale Pikes and High Raise.

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The Central Fells. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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The Coniston Fells.

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Looking south along Windermere.

 

 

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