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| The walk starts from Fell Lane, there is parking available in a lay-by on the A 595 a few hundred yards to the west |
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| Fell Lane leads to Muncaster Tarn |
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| Looking over towards Woodend Height and Yoadcastle from Fell Lane |
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| Looking back from Fell Lane to Ravenglass |
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| After climbing steadily for almost half a mile the lane begins to descend as it approaches Muncaster Tarn |
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| White Pike, Woodend Height, Yoadcastle and Stainton Pike from Fell End |
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| We take the right branch where the lane divides, the left one leads directly to the tarn |
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| Galvanized metal signposts point the way ahead to the summit |
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| A break in the tree cover gives an opportunity to view the tarn |
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| Muncaster Tarn |
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| The lane ends at a gate which gives access to the open fellside |
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| Smoke from the burning of brushwood in the forest to our left partly obscures the views ahead |
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| Hooker Crag, the summit of Muncaster Fell, comes into view as we follow a path alongside the edge of the forest |
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| Looking over towards Harter Fell and Green Crag |
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| Looking back along the path beside the forest |
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| The path continues on straight ahead from a corner of the forest |
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| Looking over towards Sellafield on the coast |
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| The path to the summit |
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| Lank Rigg across the slopes of Muncaster Fell |
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| Approaching the summit of Hooker Crag |
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| The trig column on Hooker Crag |
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| Looking back along the route of ascent |
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| Sellafield from Hooker Crag |
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| Lank Rigg and Caw Fell from Hooker Crag |
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| Looking north from Hooker Crag |
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| Whin Rigg, Lingmell and Scafell from Hooker Crag |
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| Scafell, Bowfell and Crinkle Crag across Hooker Moss |
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| Harter Fell and the Coniston Fells on the skyline across the Eskdale Valley |
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| Woodend Height, Yoadcastle and Burn Moor from Hooker Crag |
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| Black Combe from Hooker Crag |
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| We descend to Hooker Moss on the way to Ross's Camp |
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| Lank Rigg, Caw Fell, Haycock, Scoat Fell and Red Pike from the descent of Hooker Crag |
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| White Pike, Woodend Height, Yoadcastle, Stainton Pike, Burn Moor and Black Combe from the descent of Hooker Crag |
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| The path across Hooker Moss |
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| Looking back to Hooker Crag from Hooker Moss |
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| Hooker Moss |
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| Burn Moor and Black Combe from Hooker Moss |
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| Looking back to Hooker Crag from the end of Hooker Moss |
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| From the end of Hooker Moss we continue straight ahead towards Ross's Camp |
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| Whin Rigg |
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| The Western Fells of Caw Fell, Haycock, Scoat Fell and Red Pike over Irton Pike and Irton Fell |
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| Ross's Camp lies somewhere beyond the rocky knoll on the right |
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| This is as far as we go along the ridge before it begins to descend steeply ..... |
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| ..... and make an acute right turn towards Ross's Camp |
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| Ross's Camp |
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| The view to the north from Ross's Camp |
