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Holyday 2010

Up the Cricke Grags, passing on to Brisco Peak, as desctribed on a map we bought on the site.

The track on Mapsource's Ordnance Survey. Start and... OS OS.jpg 1252x628 (160kB)	The walk projected on (winterley?) GoogelEarth. Google Google.jpg 2073x1320 (517kB)	On breakfast, it promises to be a bright, sunny day 01-Breakfast 01-Breakfast.jpg 3072x2304 (1.2MB)	Just off the site, on the valley floor, you can look wide... 02-FullRange 02-FullRange.jpg 13200x2450 (3.6MB)	But first, we were to get into Oxendale, to the foot of... 03-IntoLangdale 03-IntoLangdale.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)
Now getting up, on the ridge that devides Oxe ndale and... 04-HalfwayUp 04-HalfwayUp.jpg 5350x2273 (1.5MB)	A stgaiway uphill, below rocky outcrops - crags - on the... 05-UpTheMountain 05-UpTheMountain.jpg 2304x3072 (1.0MB)	Pile O' Style, at the inner edge of Langdale on the other... 06-OnTheMoors 06-OnTheMoors.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	Wider: a vew over the high edges of Langdale. This is teh... 07-OverLangdale 07-OverLangdale.jpg 4924x2200 (1.3MB)	Overlooking Oxendale, with Brisco peak on the left: a... 08-OverOxendale 08-OverOxendale.jpg 5544x2500 (1.7MB)
Not all sheep survive the hars conditions of winter... 09-Victim 09-Victim.jpg 3020x1836 (1.0MB)	Near the top? Hard to see, where the path bends... 10-DontSee 10-DontSee.jpg 3072x2304 (605kB)	The saddle between the Crinkle Crags and Brisco - our... 11-SaddleToCross 11-SaddleToCross.jpg 3072x2304 (503kB)	If this is meant to be " a stairway to heaven" - it;s a... 12-StairwayToHeaven 12-StairwayToHeaven.jpg 2592x3872 (1.6MB)	At the end of the climb, we arrived at "the three lakes".... 13-OneOfThreeLakes 13-OneOfThreeLakes.jpg 3072x2304 (547kB)
and the plain drops down on the other side... 14-Fells 14-Fells.jpg 3072x2304 (460kB)	A second lake between Bow Fell and Cinkle Crags, in... 15-Lakes 15-Lakes.jpg 7100x2500 (2.0MB)	Back slopes of Bow Fell 16-SlopeOfBowFell 16-SlopeOfBowFell.jpg 2304x3072 (582kB)	Bow ell i n it's full glory. 17-BowFell 17-BowFell.jpg 4805x2095 (1.6MB)	We had to the other way, passing the teeth of Crinke... 18-FirstCrag 18-FirstCrag.jpg 8850x2195 (2.5MB)
Oike O'Style as seen from Criknkle Crag numer one. 19-LangdalePikes 19-LangdalePikes.jpg 3872x2592 (1009kB)	The second summit - again a stony path to climb. 20-SecondCrag 20-SecondCrag.jpg 6100x2150 (2.2MB)	Bow fell and the first summit seen from summit number... 21-BakwardView 21-BakwardView.jpg 8020x2452 (2.5MB)	Viwing Brisco Peak and Oxendale - and Lake Windemere... 22-OverBrisco 22-OverBrisco.jpg 2304x3072 (527kB)	Close to the edge 23-CloseToTheEdge 23-CloseToTheEdge.jpg 7350x3350 (2.7MB)
Bare rockface - the path leads over it. 24-BareSlate 24-BareSlate.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)	Patch of mus between two summits 25-Mudpad 25-Mudpad.jpg 3062x1765 (1.0MB)	When lower, it's clear why it's there: the water... 26-Moors 26-Moors.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	Crag number many - a pile of blocks of stone, loose and... 27-PileOfStone 27-PileOfStone.jpg 5125x2135 (1.9MB)	The path follows natural breaks. 28-Path 28-Path.jpg 3872x2592 (1.8MB)
The fourth summit 29-OnTop 29-OnTop.jpg 8300x2400 (2.6MB)	The summit is a bit further from the edge; hig anough to... 30-Oxendale 30-Oxendale.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)	Growing patterns on the stones. 31-Surface 31-Surface.jpg 3072x2304 (1.1MB)	The fourth peak backward - Bowfell in the distance on the... 32-Done 32-Done.jpg 10614x2228 (3.7MB)	View ontgo Ambleside from the fifth peak. 33-Langdale 33-Langdale.jpg 2304x3072 (589kB)
Descending thefifth peak 34-EnRoute 34-EnRoute.jpg 3072x2304 (1.0MB)	Patches of winter snow survived - upto now. 35-Remains 35-Remains.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)	On the East side of the sixth peak, just before climbing... 36-SuddenEnd 36-SuddenEnd.jpg 2592x3872 (1.2MB)	But so was our path, the descent was steep and difficult... 37-SteeplyDown 37-SteeplyDown.jpg 2612x2248 (1.2MB)	... passing ground like this is quite a challenge... 38-Challenge 38-Challenge.jpg 2304x3072 (1.3MB)
but this is weher it ended. Others wanted to go the other... 39-GoingUp 39-GoingUp.jpg 2592x3872 (1.6MB)	... two older ones made it almost on their own, the... 40-DogsUp 40-DogsUp.jpg 2946x1323 (972kB)	... the boss had kless trouble getting up. 41-Climb 41-Climb.jpg 1200x1500 (360kB)	This spot is named " The Hole" - for a reason. 42-TheHole 42-TheHole.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	Toe give it a dimension: as seen from teh saddle 43-TheCrag 43-TheCrag.jpg 2304x3072 (1.3MB)
Looking Northeast - over the plans above Langdale... 44-NorthEast 44-NorthEast.jpg 11640x2532 (2.5MB)	...and the other way, to the East. 45-Langdale 45-Langdale.jpg 6450x2250 (1.7MB)	The last summit proves to be the easiest 46-Peaks 46-Peaks.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	Viewing the Langdale Peaks , just a bit higer 47-Peaks 47-Peaks.jpg 3072x2304 (665kB)	At some point, you see both high and low lands - with... 48-HighLow 48-HighLow.jpg 3773x1799 (776kB)
A look from the saddel, to the open end of Oxendale 49-FromTheSaddle 49-FromTheSaddle.jpg 4900x2200 (1.4MB)	Brisco ahead 50-Brisco 50-Brisco.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	A hole in the peat - a shelter for sheep in bad weather 51-PeatHole 51-PeatHole.jpg 5200x2050 (1.7MB)	The moors on the plain between Cinkle Crags and Brisco Peak 52-Moors 52-Moors.jpg 8350x2700 (2.9MB)	Looking around from the top of Brisco 53-OnTop 53-OnTop.jpg 3569x3750 (1.4MB)
From the peak you have a clear view onto the camping... 54-CampingSite 54-CampingSite.jpg 3872x2592 (803kB)	Viewing Southwest from Brisco 55-Covered 55-Covered.jpg 14200x2450 (3.6MB)	The gullies of Pike O'Style and surroundings. 56-LangdalePeaks 56-LangdalePeaks.jpg 3872x2592 (850kB)	A crack in the rock just below the summit 57-Drop 57-Drop.jpg 2592x3872 (1.5MB)	A steep, stony, loose staiway down 58-Descent 58-Descent.jpg 2592x3872 (1.5MB)
It's getting steeper at times. 59-StonyPath 59-StonyPath.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)	The descent is paved for mprotection against erosion,... 60-PavedGully 60-PavedGully.jpg 2304x3072 (1.1MB)	A secundary, weathered peak is passed 61-WeatheredPeak 61-WeatheredPeak.jpg 3872x2592 (1.6MB)	Another steep, rocky descent 62-Steep 62-Steep.jpg 2592x3872 (1.5MB)	Straight down... 63-ClimbingDown 63-ClimbingDown.jpg 2200x3500 (1.1MB)
Looking back up, the summit is hidden behnd the steep... 64-BackwardLook 64-BackwardLook.jpg 3872x2592 (1.3MB)	A long descent along a paved path - similar to a rather... 65-LongStairway 65-LongStairway.jpg 2592x3872 (1.1MB)	The Langdale peaks from this staiway into a shallow valley 66-HalfwayDown 66-HalfwayDown.jpg 6670x2154 (1.8MB)	A tree, growing bwteen two big rocks, aside a small... 67-Tree 67-Tree.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)	looking back on the descent - long but lean 68-TakenTrack 68-TakenTrack.jpg 2592x3872 (1.4MB)
A final view on Brisco, the Crinkle Crags and the... 69-FinalView 69-FinalView.jpg 7345x2300 (2.1MB)	The kind of sheep of the area: sturdy and hadenend 70-TheBreed 70-TheBreed.jpg 2155x1380 (590kB)

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