This was again not a day to venture onto the high fells, visibility being poor and a Scotch mist turning to persistent rain as the afternoon progressed. So we decided on two of our local favourites (not many still remain, unfortunately), starting from Grange in Borrowdale.
Here are the pictures (you can click on any picture to get a larger version).
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Here is the River
Derwent, just south of Grange. Click here for
pictures of this spot when it is not raining... |
| The old quarry near
the top of Castle Crag. |
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The
view north from the top of Castle Crag: you can just see Derwentwater,
but no Skiddaw in the distance. |
| The
war memorial at the top of Castle Crag. One of my namesakes is
commemorated on it... |
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This is Grange Fell across the valley from Castle Crag. |
| The view from Castle Crag across Borrowdale, looking up Greenup. The walk takes us to Rosthwaite, which is visible in the valley |  |
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The stone bridge over the Derwent. High Scawdel is the fell. |
| We
met this Herdwick lamb on the walk up from Rosthwaite - it was
seemingly trying to make friends with Sophie. Even when Mum
turned up, they seemed quite pally... |
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Approaching the top plateau of
Grange Fell, which is a confusing jumble of bumps and hollows, some
quite dramatic like these rocks. King's How is in the background. |
| View
north-west from near the top of Brund Fell. |
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This is the
top of Brund Fell, the highest point of Grange Fell (King's How is also
part of Grange Fell, and doesn't count as an individual
Wainwright). The naming is about as confusing as the geography -
the only way I know this is the top of Brund Fell is because AW put
exactly this view (minus Samba) in his book. |
| And this is King's How from Brund Fell. |  |
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