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My route out of Keswick was along the old railway track in
the direction
of Penrith. |
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After about half a mile I left the disused railway track for
a riverside
path alongside the Greta. |
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The path reached the old mill near the locality of Brigham. |
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The Greta at Brigham. |
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The environs of the old mill, a picturesque bridge and a
cluster of
stone cottages. |
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The Greta from the bridge. |
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A waterslide adjacent to the old mill. |
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The old mill bridge at Brigham. |
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Another view of the bridge. |
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Beyond Brigham the riverside path enters Brundholme Wood. |
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The path winds high above the river. |
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The river meanders away to the south. |
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Another view of the Greta from Brundholme wood. |
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Brundholme Wood |
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Proof that sheep are actually woodland creatures. |
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The path reaches a vehicle track at the far edge of
Brundholme Wood. |
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At the far end of the wood the track reaches the road. Across
the road
a short driveway reaches a stile, which gives access to the east ridge
of Latrigg. This is the Helvellyn ridge seen from the lower end of the
ridge. |
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Looking over to the southwest, there's Walla Crag to the left
and the
Catbells ridge on the other side of Derwentwater to the right. |
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Climbing Latrigg's east ridge. |
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The hidden valley of Lonscale. |
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A forest platnation on Latrigg's north slope. |
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Looking across to Skiddaw. |
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The view northeastwards towards Blencathra. |
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Nearing the summit, and looking down at Derwentwater. |
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Keswick from the summit ridge of Latrigg. |
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The valley of Underskiddaw, with Bassenthwaite Lake and the
summit
of Dodd beyond. |
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Skiddaw from Latrigg. |
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Blencathra from Latrigg. |
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Latrigg lacks a summit cairn, a trig point, or any summit
marker at
all. In fact the path runs straight across the highest point. |
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From the summit, the path runs down to the principal
viewpoint. |
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From the principal viewpoint at the end of the ridge we're
looking
down on Keswick and Derwentwater. |
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Underskiddaw, seen from the descent. |
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A path drops from the ridge to this track rising from Spooney
Green
Lane in Keswick, which is the main path to Skiddaw. |
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Returning along the path to Skiddaw and lunch. |
