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.
