| A nice long walk (mostly in the cloud) around the Loweswater Fells. |  |
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| Date: | 27th January 2016 | Distance: | 17.0km (10.56 Miles) | Parking: | Car Park just off Main Road | |
| Start Location: | Fangs Brow | Ascent (m/ft): | 882m (2894ft) | Weather: | Cloudy, Light Rain Base around 450m, 6°C |
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| Time Started: | 11:13 | Highest Point: | Blake Fell (573m/1880ft) | Difficulty: | Difficult | |
| Duration: | 4 Hours 30 Minutes | |||||
| Route: | Nr Fangs Brow Farm - Owsen Fell (409m/1342ft) - Burnbank Fell (475m/1558ft) - Carling Knott (544m/1785ft) - Loweswater End of Carling Knott (519m/1703ft) - Carling Knott (544m/1785ft) - Sharp Knott (482m/1581ft) - Blake Fell (573m/1880ft) - Gavel Fell (526m/1726ft) - High Nook on Gavel Fell (488m/1601ft) - Highnook Tarn - Loweswater Terrace Path - Holme Beck - Nr Fangs Brow Farm | |||||
 A could of small sections of Loweswater (and Crummock Water) below Darling Fell and Low Fell. |
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 Darling Fell and Low Fell. The farm down there is Miresyke. |
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 The summit cairn on Owsen Fell. For the last 20 minutes or so it had been raining and as I reached the summit the clouds broke for a superb view. |
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 The path up to Burnbank Fell. The cloud creeping back in. |
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 Knock Murton touching the cloud base. |
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 Burnbank Fell summit cairn. |
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 The old fence post on Burnbank Fell. |
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 The summit cairn on Carling Knott. Two walkers in the cairn were the only other walkers I saw today. |
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 The lower cairn on Loweswater End of Carling Knott. Shame no views from here. Time to head across to Sharp Knott. |
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 Sharp Knott ahead. |
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 The summit shelter on Sharp Knott. |
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 Another shelter on Sharp Knott. |
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 Still no views as I stand on Blake Fell summit. |
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 Lots of old boundary posts along the fence line. |
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 Gavel Fell summit cairn. |
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 And looking the other way. Hopefully will have some views soon! |
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 The meandering path leading to High Nook. |
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 ... and the summit cairn on High Nook. |
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 A break in the clouds. |
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 Gavel Fell now clear of cloud. |
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 And finally some more lovely views. This time towards Lorton Vale. |
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 Steep slopes of High Nook. |
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 Fantastic views down to High Nook Tarn. |
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 High Nook Tarn... Time to head down there and have a proper look. |
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 Nearby waterfalls below Carling Knott. (is it Carling Beck? Its unnamed on OS map) |
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 Down the steep section and now on the level for a bit. |
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 Waterfalls at Highnook Beck. |
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 Highnook Tarn. |
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 The route back took me along the terrace path high above Loweswater and these are the views you are treated to. |
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 Darling and Low Fell across Loweswater. |
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 Crummock Water and a cloudy Grasmoor. |
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 Seeing as I havn't eaten anything yet on the walk, what better place to take a few minutes to enjoy the view and fuel up! |
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