1st June 2007

Today's walk: Bonscale Pike - Arthur's Pike


looking over Ullswater to Little Mell Fell


Arthur's Pike from the track above Pooley Bridge


looking up Ullswater from Lock Bank


looking down the first part of the steep ascent beside Swarthbeck Gill


looking up Ullswater from above the steepest section


falls in the ravine of Swarthbeck Gill


looking over the ravine of Swarthbeck Gill to the foot of Ullswater


the two towers near the top of Bonscale Fell looking to Helvellyn


looking up Ullswater from the higher tower ..


.. and from the lower one


both the towers from above looking down the lake


Bonscale Pike summit cairn looking west towards Blencathra


360 degree panorama from Bonscale Pike - click on the image for a larger version


Hallin Fell and Ullswater from another cairn on Bonscale Pike


Hallin Fell and Howtown Wyke from a bit further south


view south from the south cairn of Bonscale Pike


the upper reaches of Swarthbeck Gill crossed en route to Arthur's Pike


the Mell Fells and Ullswater from the western cairn of Arthur's Pike


the Ullswater steamer approaching Howtown


zooming out on the view of Ullswater from the western cairn ..


.. and in on the steamer below Hallin Fell


the foot of Ullswater from the same spot


Arthur's Pike summit cairn


360 degree panorama from Arthur's Pike - click on the image for a larger version


looking back up Arthur's Pike from the descent path ..


.. and down the path to Heughscar Hill and the distant Pennines


the largest stone in the Cockpit stone circle


looking west over Ullswater on the descent


zooming in on the Mell Fells and Blencathra


Arthur's Pike from the north