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Scout Scar

Walked on 17/09/2004

Start point: Kendal Town Hall (SD 515 926)

Kendal Town Hall – Kendal Fell – Cunswick Fell – Cunswick Scar (OF) – Scout Scar (OF) – Kendal Town Hall

Weather: Overcast.

Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s Scout Scar chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 2.

‘This is a walk above others : a pleasure every step of the way.’ – AW

Scout Scar

17th September - Scout Scar 001

Kendal Town Hall...

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and the old summerhouse in Serpentine Woods

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Memorial tablet to 'DARWIN LEIGHTON - friend of all living creatures in this wood'. A member of the Fell and Rock Club, his daily ritual was to feed the birds and squirrels in Serpentine Wood.

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Kendal from Kendal Fell.

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Cunswick Fell from Kendal Fell.

17th September - Scout Scar 008

Kendal Western bypass as seen from the footbridge - 'a credit to the road engineers'.

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Scout Scar from the large summit cairn of Cunswick Scar.

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The shelter, Scout Scar - built in 1912 as a memorial to King George V and recently restored.

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Looking along the Lyth Valley from Scout Scar. Arnside Knott is in the distance, Whitbarrow Scar to the right.

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The Whinfell range in the distance with Benson Knott to the right from the descent of Scout Scar. This view is across the old racecourse and Kendal beyond.

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