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I'm ascending Stone Arthur first, by a pleasant path north
eastwards
from Grasmere. |
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Grasmere from the ascent path. |
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Grasmere, from Stone Arthur. |
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Easedale, Crinkle Crags and the Langdale Pikes seen from
Stone Arthur. |
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Great Rigg, from Stone Arthur. |
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I continued along the ridge to Great Rigg itself. This is the
view
of Coniston and Grasmere from Great Rigg. Stone Arthur is out of sight
below the curve of the summit dome. |
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Windermere, Coniston and Grasmere are seen in this view from
Great
Rigg. The summit in the middle distance is Heron Pike. |
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Dollywaggon Pike, seen across Grizedale Tarn, from the path
to Fairfield. |
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Fairfield, seen from the top of Great Rigg. |
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A summit view from Great Rigg - Helm Crag, Easedale, Crinkle
Crags,
Bowfell, Langdale, the Scafells and Gable. |
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Another summit view from Great Rigg, looking towards Steel
Fell and
High Raise, with Gable, High Stile and Eel Crag in the distance.. |
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The summit cairn of Great Rigg, with Windermere behind. |
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From Great Rigg its a short stroll northwards along the ridge
to Fairfield.
My next objective was St Sunday Crag, but to get there from Fairfield
it's
necessary to climb the rocky Cofa Pike (seen here) a top of Fairfield
and
a tricky little summit to ascend. |
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The next objective of the walk, St Sunday Crag, from Cofa
Pike. |
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The descent from Cofa Pike towards St Sunday Crag |
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The south west ridge of St Sunday Crag |
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Fairfield and Cofa Pike, seen from the ascent to St Sunday
Crag. |
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From the slopes of St Sunday Crag we're looking across
Grizedale Tarn.
Seat Sandal is to the left, while on the skyline to the right are the
Scafells
and Great Gable |
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A telephoto shot of Cofa Pike. |
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Helvellyn, from the summit of St Sunday Crag |
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The Vale of Eden and the Pennines, from St Sunday Crag. |
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Fairfield, from St Sunday Crag. |
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Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield, from St Sunday. |
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From St Sunday Crag I took a path heading down the slope
towards Grizedale
Tarn. My final objective was Seat Sandal, which stands northwest of the
tarn. (Seat Sandal is technically part of the Helvellyn group but it
seems
silly to split this expedition among two galleries). This is a view of
St Sunday Crag and Fairfield, from the summit of Seat Sandal |
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Grasmere and Coniston from the top of Seat Sandal. |
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The top of Seat Sandal. We're looking north westwards towards
Bleaberry
Fell and Skiddaw |
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Helvellyn from the summit. |
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Dollywaggon Pike and St Sunday Crag tower each side of
Grizedale. A
small section of Ullswater can be seen in the distance. |
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Grasmere from Seat Sandal's south west ridge. |
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Descending to Grasmere via the Tongue Gill path. |
