A Kentmere Round + High Street

DATE 11.11.2017 | DISTANCE approx 20.7KM | HIGHEST POINT 828M

Posted by Matt | Filed under lake district

 

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One of the popular Lake District Horseshoe Walks is the Kentmere Round. This is one I had been itching to do for some time. I was also keen to be heading back to High Street too. (I figured why not add it to the horseshoe? It's close enough). It turned out to be a pretty gorgeous day with only a short section of bog hopping in the afternoon. This route ticks off quite a few Wainwright's too if that is your goal.

 

St CUTHBERT CHURCH, OUR START POINT. VERY LIMITED PARKING HERE!

FOLLOWING THE ROAD UP TO THE NOOK

CRABTREE BROW

AT THE TOP OF GARBURN PASS

HEADING TOWARDS YOKE

THE VIEW BACK WHILST HEADIN UP YOKE. GREAT VISIBILITY, WE COULD SEE LAKE WINDERMERE ALL DAY

CATHERINE ON YOKE

LEAVING YOKE WITH ILL BELL COMING UP NEXT

LOOKING OUT WEST FROM HIGH MERE GREAVE

FIRST SIGHT OF KENTMERE RESERVOIR, WITH HARTER FELL BEHIND. WE WILL BE THERE LATER

CLOSING IN ON ILL BELL

LOOKING ACROSS TO THE RETURN PART OF TODAY'S HORSESHOE. hARTER fELL AND KENTMERE PIKE

NICE CAIRN AT THE TOP OF ILL BELL

AND ANOTHER ONE

STUNNING VIEW FROM ILL BELL. WINDERMERE, WANSFELL PIKE AND THE LANDALES IN THE DISTANCE

DROPPING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF ILL BELL, FROSWICK COMING UP NEXT

LOOKING BACK TO ILL BELL

THE LAST CLIMB ON THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE, THORNTHWAITE CRAG

LOOKING OUT TO THE SCAFELL RANGE

THORNTHWAITE BEACON AHEAD

CATHERINE AT THORNTHWAITE BEACON. YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THIS PHOTO BU IT WAS A BUSY DAY UP HERE

LOOKING OUT FROM THORNTHWAITE BEACON AND HIGH STREET IS JUST OVER THERE TO THE LEFT. MAY ASWELL ADD IT TO OUR KENTMERE ROUND

HIGH STREET SUMMIT TRIG

DESCENDING FROM RACECOURSE HILL TOWARDS MARDALE ILL BELL . PRETTY BOGGY HERE TODAY

LOOKING OVER TO THE FIRST HALF OF OUR HORSESHOE

FROM MARDALE ILL BELL, SMALL WATER TARN WITH HAWESWATER BEYOND

HARTER FELL AHEAD

FROM HARTER FELL, LOOKING BACK TO MARDALE ILL BELL AND HIGH STREET

FROM HARTER FELL, LOOKING DOWN TO KENTMERE RESERVOIR

ALMOST AT THE TOP OF HARTER FELL

LEAVING HARTER FELL ON BOGGY GROUND FOR THE RETURN SECTION OF THE HORSESHOE

THE VIEW AHEAD FROM KENTMERE PIKE

KENTMERE PIKE TRIG POINT + PHOTO BOMBER

CONTINUING ON TOWARDS SHIPMAN KNOTTS

VIEW FROM SHIPMAN KNOTTS

LOSING SUNLIGHT AND NEARLY FINISHED NOW. LOOKING BACK TO THE KENTMERE VALLEY

BACK TO THE START AT ST CUTHBERT CHURCH