England, 931 m , visited July 2012.

The fourth highest mountain of the Lake district, missed the climb due to bad weather this time, have to go back to climb…

England, visited July 2012

An easy walkable hill from the centre of Keswick, Lake District.  A warmup to start the climb of Siddaw perhaps ?  Anyway, great views from the top, so very rewarding climb.  The climb takes you through a nice forest.

England, 451 m, visited July 2012

A not so impressive  hill , easily walkable from Keswick.  But very famous because of two reasons : it’s the hill you see from the well known Friars Crag viewpoint, and the view from its top is fabulous : Derwentwater, Skiddaw and Blencathra, and the Borrowdale valley to the other side…  The picture is taken from the top of Latrigg, another popular hill reachable from Keswick (Catbells is in front on the left).

England, visited July 2012.

Told to be one of the most beautiful viewpoints of the Lake District, the top of Castle Crag gives you a view of Skidaw, Scaffel Pike and Helvellyn , and many others, … on a clear day. We walked from Seatoller to the centre of Keswick, a wonderful walk in a very beautiful valley.  On the way we climbed Castle Crag, which was quite an adventure but not so difficult.  The clouds hid the best view but it was still very rewarding.

England, visited July 2012

After I had climbed Scafell Pike 20 years ago, I wanted to go back to the Lake District, and climb other peaks.  Helvellyn is a very popular mountain because of the access route via the Striding Edge, a sharp ridge walk to reach the top.  We chose the ‘easy’ way, starting from Swirls carpark near Wythburn.  This route is very streightforward bu you get to see all the spectacular views of Striding Edge and Swirling Edge, etc… We went down the other side, to reach Wythburn church.