4th December 2009

today's walk: Green Crag


starting point the Woolpack Inn - reopening in February


looking back at the Woolpack


Doctor Bridge - fortunately not damaged by the recent floods


Penny Hill Farm


looking up Eskdale from the peat track above Penny Hill Farm


looking over Eskdale with the Woolpack in sun and Whin Rigg and Illgill Head in the distance


looking up Eskdale from the peat track and a ruined peat hut


looking back over the boggy valley crossed between the peat track and the slopes of Crook Crag


Harter Fell from the slopes of Crook Crag


Devoke Water and the boundary stone on the col between Crook Crag and Green Crag


the return route by Low Birker Tarn from the slopes of Green Crag


the shadow of the steep cone of Green Crag looking back to Crook Crag


Green Crag summit looking southwest


Green Crag summit looking east to Harter Fell and Grey Friar


360 degree panorama from Green Crag - click on the image for a larger version


zooming in on Yewbarrow with the higher fells in cloud behind


the west top from my suntrap lunch spot on the east top


looking south to Caw Fell and Stickle Pike


zooming in on Stickle Pike


zooming in on Low Birker Tarn as cloudy weather rolls in from the northwest


the Coniston fells from Green Crag


the sun disappears for the day - Duddon estuary below


looking back at Green Crag over Low Birker Tarn


joining the peat road to Low Birker with the fells at the head of Eskdale ahead


ruined hut beside the peat road looking to the snowy fells in upper Eskdale


looking down Eskdale towards the sea


upper Eskdale from the peat track


looking west from near Low Birker


back at Doctor Bridge