22nd April 2007

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Mungrisdale - Bannerdale Crags - Bowscale Fell - Mungrisdale Common - Blencathra - Souther Fell - Mungrisdale


the track from Mungrisdale with the Tongue ahead and Bannerdale Crags in mist on the left


looking back down the lower part of Bannerdale Crags east ridge


the steep part of the ridge ahead


approaching the old mine workings on the east ridge of Bannerdale Crags


Bowscale Fell summit


the summit cairn on Mungrisdale Common


Blencathra summit with its unusual circular trig point


a brief glimpse of Bannerdale Crags from the ridge of Souther Fell


descending below the mist from Souther Fell to Mungrisdale


the Mell Fells from the northeast ridge of Souther Fell


zooming in on Mungrisdale village


the steep descent of the northeast ridge


on the long diversion south needed to reach the village