| Ling Fell - Route One |
| Start - Brumston Bridge NY 184 292 | Distance - 1.25 miles | Ascent - 740 feet | Time - 50 minutes |
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| Brumston Bridge, about half a mile east of Wythop Mill is the start of this walk. There is a parking area a few yards to the left of the bridge |
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| Past the private road to Burthwaite Farm a gate gives to the open fellside |
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| A Black Woodpecker decoy fixed to a telephone pole near the gate, used to discourage Great Spotted Woodpeckers from damaging the poles |
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| Looking back towards Sale Fell from the start of the climb |
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| It is possible to make a direct climb to the summit from the gate but it's easier to make use of a Corpse Road that runs along the northern slopes |
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| Looking back to the start. Distant views were very hazy today |
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| The Corpse Road |
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| Looking back towards Bassenthwaite Lake with Binsey on the left |
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| Near the highest point of the Corpse Road another track turns off left towards the summit |
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| The summit soon comes into view |
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| Looking across to the western ridge of Ling Fell |
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| The track veers to the left below the upper slopes |
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| Looking back westwards from the track |
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| The reason why the track veered away from the summit becomes clear when it crosses a level shoulder. It was used to access these old shooting butts. AW makes note of them in his diagram of this ascent |
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| Just beyond the butts a path turns off the track towards the summit |
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| Looking over to the Skiddaw group on the short climb to the summit |
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| The trig column soon comes into view |
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| And a little further to the east, on slightly lower ground, is a cairn |
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The summit of Ling Fell |
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| Binsey and part of Bassentwaite Lake from the summit |
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| Sale Fell to the north east |
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| The Skiddaw group of fells |
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| Broom Fell to the south east |
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| Grisedale Pike, Eel Crag, Hopegill Head, Grasmoor and Whiteside on the horizon |
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