Great to get up the Lakes again ...6 weeks since the last visit. No Meg on this visit as she is recovering from being spayed.
The plan was to fit in two walks. 1 Wansfell from Troutbeck, and then 2. Grey Crag and Tarn Crag from Sadgill.
As I drove over Shap summit it was very misty and damp, so I made the decision that I would do Wansfell first as the navigation for most of that walk would be straightforward even in mist.
Wansfell
The last time I was here I walked up to Wansfell Pike not realising that true summit (and Wainwright) is the north end of the ridge. From the car park at Church Bridge I took the footpaths across the fields to Lane End. The next stage was a straightforward walk up Nanny Lane passing the turn off to Wansfell Pike and continuing to the end of the lane, and then over the ladder stile. Because it was a bit misty I decided to follow the edge of the wall to the ridge where the summit cairn was easily visible.
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| Nanny Lane |
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| Summit Cairn |
Return via the same route.
About 4 Miles OS OL7.
Grey Crag - Tarn Crag
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| Sadgill Bridge - Start of the walk |
I used the guide from the excellent 'walk the lakes ' website for this walk. North of Kendall I took the 4 mile single track road up Longsleddale which ends at Sadgill Bridge, and enough parking for half a dozen cars. From the car park the climb starts straight away across the field opposite and up to the stile in the top left hand corner. The path continues to climb through the bracken and up to a rocky gully.
After a right turn to a stile, the path crosses a stile in the fence and then climbs up to Great Howe and then up to a very windy Grey Crag summit. The path on this section was quite clear.
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| Grey Crag summit Cairn |
The next section across Greycrag tarn was horrible. It a bog rather than a tarn. At least I had the fence as a guide and something to grab hold off. Despite the fence I ended up to my knees in bog a couple of times. Soon I was at the small summit cairn on Tarn Crag near the survey pillar.
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| Survey pillar |
An excellent walk. About 6 miles OS OL 7
