Lake District Walking – July 07

A gallery of images when I gatecrashed a long weekend of walking arranged by the walking club at NIMR – National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill.

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Day 1 - Grisedale Tarn

Day 1 - Climb up to Fairfield

Day 1 - The top of Fairfield shrouded in low cloud, Flinty Grave can only just be seen

Day 1 - Not much to see at the top of Great Rigg, the cairn could only just be seen in the low cloud

Day 1 - The view from Stone Arthur into the valley of Grasmere (filled with cloud!)

Day 1 - The view from Stone Arthur into the valley of Grasmere. As we ate lunch the cloud lifted and cleared slightly

Day 2 - The first objective - the top of Helm Crag

Day 2 - Helm Crag (the Lion and the Lamb)

Day 2 - Green Burn

Day 2 - View from the top of Helm Crag looking towards Grasmere to the south

Day 2 - View to the north from the top of Helm Crag, with the ridge to be walked curving to the left

Day 2 - A large waterfall in the Far Easedale Gill valley. Missed on previous trips due to the mist

Day 2 - A large waterfall in the Far Easedale Gill valley. Missed on previous trips due to the mist

Day 2 - Easedale Tarn

Day 3 - The view of Thirlmere from Comb Crag (on the way up to Helvellyn

Day 3 - The view north up Thirlmere from Comb Crag (on the way up to Helvellyn

Day 3 - Striding Edge from the east

Day 3 - Red Tarn, Striding Edge and a bit of Ullswater from the top of Helvellyn

Day 3 - the view along Striding Edge from the top of Helvellyn

Day 1 - The walk up to Grisedale Tarn

Day 2 - Me on top of Helm Crag Ã‚Â© Tim Fulcher

Day 3 - Me, Tim and Ruth having lunch in the shelter on top of Helvellyn Ã‚Â© Tim Fulcher

One thought on “Lake District Walking – July 07”

Christopher on 21 July 07 at 8:44 pm said:

Thanks for the pictures Tim, have included a couple.
Here are the rest of Tim’s pictures from the trip: http://picasaweb.google.com/Ti.....ctJuly2007