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The walk starts from the access lane to High Ground Farm where there is room to park cars on its verge |
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Directly opposite the car parking area is the start of the bridleway track to Devoke Water |
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The Scafell group of fells from the start of the bridleway track |
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Great Worm Crag from the bridleway track |
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Seat How and White Pike from the gate on the bridleway track |
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Looking back to Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags with Harter Fell on the right |
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Harter Fell over Crook Crag with Green Crag to the right |
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Devoke Water comes into view |
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Seat How and Woodend Height from the bridleway |
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Water Crag from the eastern end of Devoke Water |
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Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway track leading to the boathouse |
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Passing below the crags of Seat How |
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The boathouse from Boat Wyke |
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Looking over to Woodend and Hesk Fell |
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Water Crag across Devoke Water |
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The wide track ends at the boathouse, a bridleway path (wet in places) continues along the southern side of Devoke Water |
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Looking back to Seat How from the path |
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Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway path as it approaches Washfold Point |
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The two story boathouse which was built in 1777 to replace an earlier one which was located further to the north |
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White Pike from Washfold Point |
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Seat How and The Seat from Washfold Point |
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White Crag from the path along The Wyke, we will leave it in a few hundred yards to avoid some wet ground ahead and begin a pathless traverse across the northern slopes of Stord's Hill to hopefully intercept a path which rises from the western end of Devoke Water |
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Rough Crag and the Scafells from The Wyke |
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Looking back to Devoke Water from the slopes of Stord's Hill |
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The Scafells above the col between Water Crag and Rough Crag |
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Joining the path rising from the western end of Devoke Water which is not as clear as we'd hoped |
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Woodend Height from the path |
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Looking back to Devoke Water with Crinkle Crags on the centre horizon |
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Lank Rigg, Whoap, Caw Fell, Seatallan, Haycock, Whin Rigg and Scoat Fell form the horizon |
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On the way up to White Pike we lost the line of the faint path when it made a sharp turn to the right |
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Great Gable and Scafell over the col between Water Crag and Rough Crag |
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Looking down on Brantrake Crags |
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Having lost the path we continued towards the col between Woodend Height and White Pike to reach the summit from there |
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The Coniston Fells across the slopes of Rowantree How |
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Approaching the col between Woodend Height and White Pike |
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Approaching the summit of White Pike |
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Harter Fell from just below the summit of White Pike |
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The summit cairn on White Pike |
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Woodend Height and Yoadcastle from the summit of White Pike |
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Whit Fell and Stainton Pike from the summit of White Pike |
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Ravenglass from the summit of White Pike |
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Dent and Lank Rigg from the summit of White Pke |
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Lank Rigg, Caw Fell, Haycock, Scoat Fell and Pillar on the horizon with Whin Rigg and Illgill Head in the middle distance |
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Devoke Water from the summit of White Pike |
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Great Gable, Scafell, Esk Pike, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags and Harter Fell from the summit of White Pike |
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Harter Fell and The Coniston Fells from the summit of White Pike |