Lake District » 1505

Holyday 2010

To Stickle Tarn, passing Sticke Peak and heading for the Langdale Peaks. We lost the right track twice...

Track on the Mapsoure Ordnance Survey maps. OS OS.jpg 1321x801 (179kB)	The route on Google Earth, showing the locations of the... Google Google.jpg 3412x2428 (997kB)	From the Old Dungeon Gyll Hotel to the New Dungeon Gyll... 01-OverTheValley 01-OverTheValley.jpg 3872x2592 (1.4MB)	Looking back, about halfway 02-BackwardView 02-BackwardView.jpg 5726x2028 (1.7MB)	Near the new hotel. a view into the valley 03-OverDungeonGyll 03-OverDungeonGyll.jpg 5149x2181 (1.4MB)
The low grounds near the river 04-Sheepfold 04-Sheepfold.jpg 3072x2304 (593kB)	The way to the top 05-BusyTraffic 05-BusyTraffic.jpg 2304x3072 (718kB)	Running into the valley 06-RunningDown 06-RunningDown.jpg 3738x3087 (1.9MB)	Sequence of cascades 07-CascadingDown 07-CascadingDown.jpg 3108x3507 (2.3MB)	Curios youngsters 08-Curious 08-Curious.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)
Posing 09-Posing 09-Posing.jpg 2592x3872 (1.4MB)	Split Streams 10-Cascades 10-Cascades.jpg 3872x2592 (2.0MB)	Getting uphill 11-OverNewDungionGyllHotel 11-OverNewDungionGyllHotel.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	A wider patch of water 12-Stream 12-Stream.jpg 6768x4489 (5.3MB)	Pools and cascades 13-CascadePool 13-CascadePool.jpg 3800x2800 (2.1MB)
Pools and cascades 14-Pool 14-Pool.jpg 3072x2304 (1.3MB)	Pools and cascades 15-HangingGarden 15-HangingGarden.jpg 2592x3872 (2.0MB)	Stairway of rock 16-Climb 16-Climb.jpg 2304x3072 (1.3MB)	Still a climb to go 17-NearSummit 17-NearSummit.jpg 5088x4360 (3.8MB)	Torrent of rock 18-NotYet 18-NotYet.jpg 2592x3872 (2.0MB)
Spring flowers 19-Bluebells 19-Bluebells.jpg 3072x2304 (1.4MB)	Top of the cascades 20-TopFirst 20-TopFirst.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)	Wide views towards lake Windermere - ten miles away - or... 21-LakeWindemere 21-LakeWindemere.jpg 3872x2592 (764kB)	The peaks aside Brisco 22-Brisco 22-Brisco.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	Starting a torrent 23-TopOfStream 23-TopOfStream.jpg 2592x3872 (1.7MB)
Flowers below a rock 24-Plant 24-Plant.jpg 2592x3872 (1.6MB)	Stream peeking from the rocks - hidden before 25-Hidden 25-Hidden.jpg 2304x3072 (1010kB)	View from the top of the climb, near Tickle Tarn 26-SummitView 26-SummitView.jpg 8296x2436 (1.7MB)	Sheep crossing 27-SheepCrossing 27-SheepCrossing.jpg 3072x2304 (1.2MB)	Careful steps 28-Typical 28-Typical.jpg 2056x1600 (560kB)
This border collie has climbed the whole route and cooled... 29-CoolDown 29-CoolDown.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	A family picture at Tickle Tarn 30-PosingOnTheRocks 30-PosingOnTheRocks.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	The wall over Tickle Tarn - the opposite side. We planned... 31-SticklePeaks 31-SticklePeaks.jpg 5748x2220 (1.4MB)	Getting off the lake, following the chain of peat lakes... 32-Moors 32-Moors.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	Getting behind the wall 33-OnHigherGrounds 33-OnHigherGrounds.jpg 3872x2592 (1.4MB)
View over the other side 34-GrassyEdge 34-GrassyEdge.jpg 2592x3872 (947kB)	The gully leading up - we should have turned left,... 35-TheGully 35-TheGully.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)	The path consisted of rock and muddy patches 36-MudPatch 36-MudPatch.jpg 2592x3872 (2.3MB)	looking back on one of the outcrops of rock - showing the... 37-WideViews 37-WideViews.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	On top of the plains - far from where we intended to be.... 38-FromThePlain 38-FromThePlain.jpg 17728x2224 (3.9MB)
Near Harris Peak... 39-TopPlain 39-TopPlain.jpg 6048x2358 (1.8MB)	from where we had a top view of Tickle Tarn 40-StickleTarn 40-StickleTarn.jpg 5430x2172 (1.5MB)	Offerings at Harrison peak. 41-PileOfStones 41-PileOfStones.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	On our way to Pike O' Style - a stone-age axe factory 42-StylePeak 42-StylePeak.jpg 6083x2247 (1.1MB)	Passing the Langdale Peaks - the largest and our goal at... 43-LangdalePikes 43-LangdalePikes.jpg 7312x2136 (1.4MB)
The cut at Pike O'Style looking over the valley 44-SaddleTop 44-SaddleTop.jpg 3836x3290 (1.2MB)	A steep cut a bit further on the way. 45-PebbleEdge 45-PebbleEdge.jpg 2592x3872 (1.4MB)	A full view of the valley end from Pike O' Style ValleyEnd ValleyEnd.jpg 7850x2100 (1.7MB)	The high plain passed the peaks 46-RockyPlain 46-RockyPlain.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	Overlooking a lower marshy area that feeds the currents... 47-TopOfLangdale 47-TopOfLangdale.jpg 13897x4992 (5.9MB)
The slopes of Bow Fell 48-WaterDownTheSlopes 48-WaterDownTheSlopes.jpg 3872x2592 (964kB)	Leading to a pass, but our route was leading to the left 49-Sources 49-Sources.jpg 14364x3400 (4.8MB)	Bypassing to lower lands 50-CrossingThePlain 50-CrossingThePlain.jpg 5538x2280 (1.5MB)	Peat crossing - secured by slabs of stone. 51-PavedBogPath 51-PavedBogPath.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)	The bogs in the lower lands 52-Boglake 52-Boglake.jpg 5010x2130 (1.5MB)
crossing the peat, back to the right way 53-TraversingTheSlope 53-TraversingTheSlope.jpg 2304x3072 (1.2MB)	Where currents start, at the end of the marshlands 54-StartingRiver 54-StartingRiver.jpg 2304x3072 (1.1MB)	Look down Langdale Valley - showing the river that... 55-Langdale 55-Langdale.jpg 6881x2136 (1.8MB)	Running down aside the path 56-RunningDown 56-RunningDown.jpg 2592x3872 (1.7MB)	The uneven lands at the end of the valley 57-Descent 57-Descent.jpg 5295x2163 (1.5MB)
Growing torrent, from top to bottom 58-Pass 58-Pass.jpg 2592x3872 (1.6MB)	Flattening - at the bottom of the valley - crossing the... 59-OnTheFloor 59-OnTheFloor.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	Looking back into the valley top. 60-BowFell 60-BowFell.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	Another look into the end - closer to the beginning of... 61-Stream 61-Stream.jpg 5505x2303 (1.8MB)	A long, flat route in wild country 62-BackToStart 62-BackToStart.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)

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