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30 06 2004 - Iron Crag |
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I picked a bad day for this trip into Ennerdale. Clouds covered the tops from start to finish and there were short bursts of rain throughout the afternoon. No views at all were to be had from the high ground. I parked at Bowness Knott and followed the footpath to the eastern end of the lake where the River Liza is crossed by a small bridge. From here I walked west along the lakeside until reaching 'The Side'. I then followed the wall up through the woods. Soon after leaving the trees, clouds came down to meet me and stayed until the end of the walk. The wall curves round to the right until it reaches a high point before dipping down again towards the lake. At its highest point I headed up the hillside to meet another wall which runs straight across the crest of Iron Crag. I kept this wall on my right and followed it to the summit. This fell is over 2000ft and not a Wainwright. |
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Crag Fell from near the car park
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Iron Crag from the River Liza
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Looking east with a bit of Pillar just visible right of centre
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Up through the woods trying to follow the wall
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The wall that climbs across the summit
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This is the cairn containing the remnants of a crashed plane. It seems to be accepted as the summit cairn
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Looking back to the southern cairn as I begin to drop down
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The summit wall eventually leads to this this stile.
Over the wall is Caw Fell in one direction and Little Gowder Crag and Haycock
in the other.
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With the cloud getting thicker I followed the wall down in the direction
of Silver Cove Beck. With hindsight I wouldn't recommend this
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And the clouds are still chasing me down
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Pebbles in the River Liza
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And a last view of Iron Crag