Branstree & Selside Pike

[Phooooey]

Haweswater Car Park - Gatescarth Pass - Branstree - Selside Pike - Old Corpse Road - Car Park

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From the Head of Haweswater (lucky to get a parking spot this afternoon) we headed up the Gatescarth Beck past the waterfalls and up onto the Pass. Here we turned left to follow the fence upto the summit of Branstree. Half way up this last section the mist came down but the fence made navigation easy.

Haweswater Head from Gatescarth Pass

Path up to Gatescarth Pass

View north from climb up Branstree

Damson decided that the summit cairn circle on the floor looked like a dog bowl and fancied a drink at this point. We then tracked down the hill following the large cairns and round to the Branstree Pillar.

Haweswater & Selside Pike from Branstree summit

Damson at Branstree Cairn

Haweswater from Branstree Pillar

Damson at Branstree Pillar

We headed between the tarns and up onto the next lump before a clear path across to Selside Pike was found.

Damson at Tarns

Damson in shelter at Selside Pike summit

A trek down the opposite flank of Selside led to the Old Corpse Road leading us back to the lake heading for the head of the Rigg and providing some lovely panoramic shots of the reservoir.

Haweswater panorama from Old Corpse Road

Old stone building on Old Corpse Road

Haweswater from roadside

The weather could have been better but we got away without any rain and little wind & Haweswater looks lovely nearly all year round. Damson enjoyed the wide open spaces to have a run around.

[L-Hiking]

A few weeks ago after circuiting High St , Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell , my mates and I decided to knock Branstree off our list.

What a boring old slog to the top of the fell, I would never have gone up there if not for AW

[Phooooey]

I've been up better, but heading as I did from Haweswater and in particular the decsent down the Old Corpse Road gave some great views over the reservoir which is as good a reason as any to at least visit the area.
The tops are a bit bland which I suppose is why somebody built a pillar and some fairly impressive cairns there to entice you up ...
I did High St etc. as part of the Kentmere Horseshoe earlier in the year in much better conditions. 99 to go now so just got to my double figures left.

[johnkaysleftleg]

A few weeks ago after circuiting High St , Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell , my mates and I decided to knock Branstree off our list.

What a boring old slog to the top of the fell, I would never have gone up there if not for AW

Did the same thing. Wouldn't have been so bad if the dog hadn't found something truly foul smelling to roll himself in. Two hours home with a dog smelling of sh**e.