30th May 2008

Today's walk: Boat How (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p178)


the "fine" costs the same as the railway carpark and saves the road walk


the start of the walk over the bridge at Boot


looking back down on Boot from the start of the path


on the bridleway above Whillan Beck


the gate onto the open fell with Scafell ahead


looking down on the bridleway from the stone hut where it is left


Harter Fell from the stone hut


rough and tussocky going above the hut


looking back to Harter Fell, Green Crag and Eel Tarn


looking down Miterdale to Muncaster Fell from Boat How summit


Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell and Burnmoor Tarn from Boat How summit


360 degree panorama from Boat How - click on the image for a larger version


looking back at Boat How summit


small tarn on the ridge nearly dried up looking to Illgill Head


looking back to the top of Boat How from the "tarn"


Whin Rigg from one of the many ancient cairns on the ridge


approaching the clearest of the stone circles


Scafell from one of the stone circles


eastwards panorama of one of the circles


westwards to the sea and Whin Rigg


looking south to Harter Fell, Green Crag and another circle


the path down from the circles to Gill Bank


Harter Fell with Great Barrow and Little Barrow in front from Gill Bank


Scafell from Gill Bank


Harter Fell and Green Crag from the descent path


the last zig zag down to Boot


Eskdale Corn Mill


the corn mill from the bridge over Whillans Beck