Thursday, 11th April 2019

Walk: Hayeswater Gill, Gray Crag, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, The Knott, Satura Crag, Brock Crags, Hayeswater Gill
Start Point: Hartsop Grid Reference: NY 410 130 
Distance: 9.5 miles Ascent: 2,800 feet
Time: 5.75 hours
Weather: Sunny with a cool breeze on the tops
Comments: The first two miles involves a 1,600 foot climb which took me two hours!! The rest of the total ascent of the walk is much more spread out and not as steep! It is an excellent walk for identifying many Wainwright summits taking in distant views north, south east and west.

Hayeswater Gill

Brothers Water with the Fairfield to the Helvellyn range in the distance . . .

and you can just about see Great Dodd to the right

Gray Crag, looking towards Thornthwaite Crag, my next summit . . .

and back across to the NNW

Thornthwaite Crag with its impressive Beacon . . .

and looking across to Ill Bell . . .

then High Street, my third Wainwright

Hayeswater, now a lake after being a reservoir for a number of years

Snow adorns the route to . . .

High Street

Looking down to Haweswater . . .

across Riggindale to the Gatesgarth Pass . . .

and at the rocky face of Kidsty Pike

Beda Fell with the triangular shape of Great Mell fell popping its head up

From The Knott the path to Rampsgill Head can be clearly seen

Brothers Water from Brock Crags . . .

Angle Tarn puts on its best face

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