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School Knott

Walked on 03/09/2004

Start point: Roadside parking on The Droomer Estate, Windermere (SD 419 980)

Windermere – School Knott (OF) – Grandsire (OF) – a nameless summit 806′ – Windermere

Weather: Dull and overcast with the odd sunny spell.

Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s School Knott chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 30.

School Knott

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Spitfire at 10 o' clock - from the ascent of School Knott.

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The Langdale skyline, from School Knott summit.

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Grandsire and Schoolknott Tarn.

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Red Screes and Caudale Moor with Kirkstone pass in the centre from the summit of Grandsire.

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The Coniston Fells from a nameless summit 806'.

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Old Droomer, the original farmhouse which gives its name to the large estate above Windermere.

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