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03-09-2018 - Grike, Crag Fell and Whoap with Richard.

 

I was looking forward to this walk which I had first done just over three years ago when there had been some good views into Ennerdale. Today, sadly, once we were on the tops there was extensive cloud cover  and visibility was very limited. The search for Whoap's summit proved to be problematic in the mist and we initially climbed too far to the south east - probably caused by my poor map reading - and we then had to back track for some distance, leaving me feeling a little disoriented. Having eventually reached Whoap's summit and with visibility still not good we decided to curtail the walk and leave the visit to Lank Rigg for another day.

 

Kinniside stone circle

 

And once more

 

Onward and upward

 

Through the gate into the plantation

 

And into the mist

 

The valley of the river Calder

 

Gate and style onto the fell

 

Approaching the summit

 

Grike summit - no views!

 

Weather station between Grike and Crag Fell

 

Crag Fell summit

 

Remnants of the forest clearance

 

Close up on the amazing flora on top of a gate post where we stopped for lunch

 

Some ancient looking stone formation

 

Whoap 'summit'

 

Looking back to Whoap on the left with the slopes of Lank Rigg on the right

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