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[susanmyatt]

Hi, second walk of our stay in The Lakes, we again travelled early and parked up just past Uzzicar Farm on the Newlands Valley road, just before the bridge at Stoneycroft, room for quite a few cars here.

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It promised another great day as we kitted up we could see Causey Pike from the car park, another plus was our path off Barrow later would bring us directly to our car

Causey Pike, first target

We walked along the road to the end of Rowling End where the direct path meets the path going across, a more gradual climb.

Climbing to Causey Pike

Barrow from the climb

Our path meets the one from Rowling End summit (Birkett) then its a steep ascent to the summit

Looking down to Rowling End

Summit seems no closer

We were getting closer to the crown, my husband not looking forward to the scramble and exposure

Showing final climb

We reached the rock top and after hubby said we aren't going straight up I had a look round the corner.

Just checked the route

It was poles away and hands on, for me it was ok but if you don't like scrambling its a bit harder, he did make it though This was my 100th Wainwright and Glynn had put a sign in his pack for me

Causey Pike summit 637m

.The views were superb although the mist kept sweeping over us, we could see the route to Scar Crags

To Scar Crags

To Scar Crags

Back to Causey Pike

To High Spy, Dale Head etc

Scar Crags summit soon appeared

Scar Crags appears

Scar Crags summit at 677m with Causey Pike behind

It was follow the path down to a hause where it was a steep climb to Sail

Robinson, Knott Rigg, High Stile

Grisedale Pike

Causey Pike from Sail

Haystacks, Pillar, High Stile etc

Once back to the hause it was down to High Moss and our next target, Outerside

To Outerside

This path showed some erosion where it had been washed away but we soon turned off to ascend Outerside

Outerside at 568m, Barrow and Keswick behind

We then visited Stile End before a drop to Barrow Door and the climb to the summit, this afforded us a view of our route out and back.We reached Barrow summit which for a small fell gives superb views.

Our route

From Barrow

Barrow summit to Catbells

Barrow summit to Causey Pike

So it was back down the same way where at Barrow Door we dropped onto the path and back to the car, quite tiring in the heat but a great day

[mountain coward]

Those are great fells! I'm on most of them an awful lot - probably ought to go to some of the other peaks sometimes! Love the 100 pic

[john923]

Congratulations on the 100 up. But I see you're well past that already - positively racing through them now!

[monty]

Superb pictures Susan,
And well done on the scramble. 100 wainrights, thats more than my munro count.

[fedupofuserids]

Congrats on the 100 !

[PauloUK77]

You are flying through those Wainwrights congratulations on reaching the 100 mark.

[susanmyatt]

Thanks guys, it was nice to break the 100 and then pass 107 the half way mark, next is to get over 114 so its a double figure countdown, can't wait to go back, will put the final part online on saturday

[Derek T]

Well done on hitting the ton Susan.

I'm waiting on my boxed-set of the Wainright books arriving from Amazon and plan to start trying to catch you up soon

[susanmyatt]

Thanks Derek, you seem to be doing lots of walks so it won't take you long. We have the Wainwright books and they are really good reference, now they have been updated by Jesty all paths should be good. My husband uses three websites that I may have mentioned before, they all show os maps which if you are copying the route you can print off to stuff in your pocket as a rough guide, or alter them to suit your route, saves getting the map out of the rucksack.

Sean McMahon's superb www.stridingedge.net

David Hall's www.walkthefells.net which has a great map with parking places and how busy they are


Andrew Leaney's www.leaney.org


There are many more but these have lots of routes etc


Stay safe Sue

[gaffr]

Much happier when you folks include a map with your walks You don't always do! Then I can have some idea of where the walk is I don't do maps myself but everyone knows where things are in Scotland Looks like nice hill terrain in that area.

[malky_c]

I don't do maps myself but everyone knows where things are in Scotland

[mountain coward]

To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue how to include a map on my posts (does it need a GPS?)... but then everyone knows where everything is in the Lakes don't they?

[Derek T]

To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue how to include a map on my posts (does it need a GPS?)... but then everyone knows where everything is in the Lakes don't they?

I have written an instruction on how to drawn and insert route maps with some hopefully helpful screenshots in this thread: http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1161&p=34765#p34765

[mountain coward]

Thanks - I'll have a read of it sometime... but I probably go into such infinite details in my reports, people can almost see it without the map! But it doesn't need a GPS then?

[Derek T]

But it doesn't need a GPS then?

Nope. No GPS required so it provides a good alternative for us oldies