Hills done, Black Fell and Holme Fell
OS Map No 90
Started Grid Ref 323004
Distance walked 9 km’s
Height Gain 450 metre’s
10 March 2010
I parked the car at Yew Tree Tarn then walked south for 400 metres to pick up a path which starts at the National Trust car park and goes up to Tarn Hows. A short stroll anti clockwise around Tarn Hows put me at the byway at Grid Ref 331007, then another 1.5 km and i was on the summit of Black Crag, the best views being from a big cairn 200 metres east overlooking Lake Windermere.
Tarn Hows
Tarn Hows and Wetherlam
Tarn Hows and Coniston Old Man left of centre
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On the Woodland path around Tarn Hows
On the Woodland path around Tarn Hows
Ice on Tarn Hows
Tarn Hows
Tarn Hows
From Black Crag i retraced my steps to the byway and followed it to main road at Grid Ref 328017. After crossing the road and passing through a gate i took to the hillside on a faint track and soon gained the ridge which was followed to the summit of Holme Fell.
Trig Point on Black Fell
Cairn at viewpoint overlooking Lake Windermere
Crinkle Crags, Bow Fell and the Langdale Pikes
Looking back to the Trig Point
On the byway above Tarn Hows
From Holme Fell looking to Black Fell
Birch Tree
Cairn on the summit ridge of Holme Fell
Cairn at Grid Ref 317007, looking to the Langdale Pikes
Yew Tree Tarn
After a short rest a descent north then east down a path put me back at Yew Tree Tarn, and after a few photo’s the car.
