1st July 2008

Today's walk: Hampsfell (Wainwright's Outlying Fells p58)


Grange-over-Sands clock tower - starting point of the walk


looking up Grange Fell Road - the first mile of the walk


looking down Grange Fell Road to the sea


the stile leaving the road to head onto the fell


looking south from the fell to Humphrey Head and Morecambe Bay


the beacon on Fell End, looking to the Coniston Fells ..


.. and south to the Greenodd Estuary


zooming in on the Coniston fells from Fell End


looking west over fields to the Greenodd Estuary and Chapel Island


many of the trees are swept by the prevailing southwest wind


more trees looking to the Coniston fells ..


.. and again from the limestone escarpment


approaching the hospice on Hampsfell summit


the hospice on the summit


the four panels detailed by AW are still in good condition


the unusual summit viewfinder on top of the hospice gives angles ..


.. and this board shows what you are looking at


limestone pavement on Hampsfell looking to the Coniston Fells


panoramic shot - Black Combe to the Langdale Pikes - unfortunately very hazy


panoramic shot - Helvellyn to Ingleborough


the descent path with the Kent viaduct and Arnside Knott ahead


looking back up through a field of daises to a stile on the descent path


looking across the daises to Arnside Knott


limekiln beside the road on the way down


not a good seat for a lunch stop


back at Grange-over-Sands clock tower