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We're doing the route anticlockwise, heading initially for
Low Pike.
This is the view from Sweden Bridge Lane above Ambleside, looking south
over the town towards Windermere |
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From the same point we're looking across into Great Langdale |
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Ambleside and Windermere from higher along Sweden Bridge Lane. |
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Windermere seen from Low Pike |
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The ridge route to High Pike. |
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The environs of Low Pike. |
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Windermere from the slope below High Pike. |
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Approaching High Pike. |
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The summit of High Pike just ahead. |
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Low Pike, with Windermere beyond, from High Pike. |
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The summit of High Pike (aka Scandale Fell), 2155ft. |
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High Pike is revealed as no more than a shoulder on the
ridge, which
now climbs onwards to Dove Crag. |
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The summit dome of Dove Crag. |
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The head of Dovedale, from the col between Dove Crag and Hart
Crag. |
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Looking northeastwards across to Place Fell and Angletarn
Pikes from
Hart Crag. |
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Helvellyn and Striding Edge seen from Hart Crag |
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From Hart Crag it's a walk of about a kilometre to Fairfield,
at 2863
ft the principal summit of this group. |
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View from the top of Fairfield; the shapely topknott of Cofa
Pike nearby,
and Striding Edge in the background. |
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Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn, from the
summit of
Fairfield. |
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Looking down into Grizedale, with Cofa Pike to the right and
Striding
Edge in the background. |
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We continue anticlockwise around the ridge, heading for Great
Rigg.
This is the view towards Grizedale Tarn, with Dollywaggon Pike beyond. |
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One of my favourite shots - walkers on Nab Scar at the end of
the ridge. |
