RANNERDALE KNOTTS - North Western Fells

[susanmyatt]

The second walk of the day we parked in Buttermere on the NT car park

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After a short walk on the road past Crag Houses we turned right onto the fell and could see the ridge above us called Low Bank and the summit to the left of the rock outcrop

Summit to the left

This walk was all about the views in the Buttermere valley, an area my husband loves and thinks its the best views in the Lakes. As we gained height the valley opened up to us.

First view of Buttermere

High Stile range

Crummock Water, Mellbreak to right

Higher still we could see the black of Haystacks and the two Gables behind

Towards Haystacks

The higher Gables behind Haystacks

To the front right we had the dark mass of Grasmoor and Whiteless Pike nearer to us, looking back down the ridge was Robinson summit behind High Snockrigg

Grasmoor and Whiteless Pike

Robinson

The ridge was laid out in front of us towards the rock outcrop

The ridge with Mellbreak behind me

We can't get enough of the view towards Buttermere

Wow

The Gables etc dwarf Haystacks

We now reached the rock outcrop with a short climb before the run to the summit

Rock outcrop

On the summit there was a clear view all around

Towards God's country

Crummock Water

Grasmoor with the ascent ridge on the right

A moment on the summit at 355m

On the way back one last photo of the bulk of Robinson

Robinson

A nice walk with so many wonderful views

[ChrisW]

I can see why that would become anyone's favourite place, beautiful scenery

[Red Peak]

Some fantastic photos there, Susan, of what is a fine, wee hill in a beautiful setting.

You look very pensive in that penultimate photo though. You're either deciding on your next Wainwright or deciding what to have for your tea. In my case, it's usually the latter ...