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There's
a nice start to a walk: Eagle Crag visible along Stonethwaite Beck.
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Lucky
sheep...
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As
we approach, Greenup Edge comes into view. The idea was for
us to come back that way, but it was not to be.
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This
is where you need to put in some effort. The path is up by
the wall, and then round to the right roughly where the date
stamp is.
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At
closer quarters.
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As
you climb, Borrowdale comes into view.
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The
view at the end of the steep bit, looking north. I'm not sure
of the name of the nearby fell, on the other side of Langstrath; it
doesn't seem to be given a name on the OS map.
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You
need to find this little gully in order to reach the top levels of the
fell, since it is the only breach in the cliffs on the eastern side.
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After
the gully we turned right, and found ourselves negotiating a series of
narrow, steeply packed terraces overlooking Langstrath.
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Made
it!
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View
north from the top of Eagle Crag.
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And
this is Sergeant's Crag from Eagle Crag. High Raise is hidden
in the clouds behind. We're going that way...
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Looking back north from Sergeant's Crag: Eagle Crag is the
insignificant grassy bump in the middle of the picture.
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High
Raise just visible from Sergeant's Crag. We need to cross to
the left just below Long Crag, the dark patch in the centre of the
picture. Maybe it's going to be OK...
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In
fact, ten minutes later the clouds had swept in at a great pace,
down below Long Crag and completely obscuring Greenup Edge, the path up
to Ullscarf. And the top of Ullscarf is a huge area with no
features,
certainly a nasty place to be in bad visibility, at least for people
like me who are not expert navigators. So we cut down into
the valley, to meet up with the path from Stonethwaite to Grasmere,
which is the third day of AW's Coast-to-Coast walk. That is
Lining Crag on the horizon, just below Greenup Edge (Oh, did I mention
that after we got down into the valley, the clouds cleared...?) |
Well, at least
we managed something this afternoon...
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