6th August 2004

Today's walk: Lingmell - Scafell Pike - Lingmell


Kirk Fell and Great Gable clear of cloud ..


.. but it's coming in over Wastwater


Wasdale Head from the ridge of Lingmell


Lingmell summit cairn just visible behind the rocks


Scafell Pike summit


below Hollow Stones I drop below the mist and it's clearing ..


.. so I traverse onto the ridge of Lingmell and go up again!


only to find the summit still in cloud ..


.. but patience is rewarded by a Brocken Spectre ..


.. and incredible views as the cloud swirls across the summit - this is Great End


Illgill Head and Wastwater - soon to disappear in banks of cloud


Great Gable is briefly almost completely clear


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


Scafell Pike starts to appear with its summit in brilliant sunshine


Scafell Pike with Lingmell summit in front


blue sky above rapidly changing clouds


Great Gable now wrapped in cotton wool!


a transient view above Styhead Tarn to Blencathra and Borrowdale


another 360 degree panorama from just north of Lingmell summit - click on the image for a larger version


Scafell from just south of Lingmell summit


Illgill Head and Wastwater from the ridge of Lingmell


Wasdale Head from the ridge


Mickledare and Hollow Stones from the ridge


looking back at the ridge of Lingmell Fell


Kirk Fell and Great Gable (compare with the first picture)