Yoadcastle - Route One

 

Start - Birker Fell Road SD171 977 Distance - 2.6 miles Ascent - 850 feet Time - 1 hour : 25 minutes

 

 

The walk starts from the access lane to High Ground Farm where there is room to park cars on its verge
Directly opposite the car parking area is the start of the bridleway track to Devoke Water
The Scafell group of fells from the start of the bridleway track
Great Worm Crag from the bridleway track
Seat How and White Pike from the gate on the bridleway track
Looking back to Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags with Harter Fell on the right
Harter Fell over Crook Crag with Green Crag to the right
Devoke Water comes into view
Seat How and Woodend Height from the bridleway
Water Crag from the eastern end of Devoke Water
Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway track leading to the boathouse
Passing below the crags of Seat How
The boathouse from Boat Wyke
Looking over to Woodend and Hesk Fell
Water Crag across Devoke Water
The wide track ends at the boathouse, a bridleway path (wet in places) continues along the southern side of Devoke Water
Looking back to Seat How from the path
Woodend Height and White Pike from the bridleway path as it approaches Washfold Point
The two story boathouse which was built in 1777 to replace an earlier one which was located further to the north
White Pike from Washfold Point
Seat How and The Seat from Washfold Poin
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 join a path which rises from the western end of Devoke Water to gain the col between Woodend Height and White Pike
Rough Crag and the Scafells from The Wyke
Looking back to Devoke Water from the slopes of Stord's Hill
The Scafells above the col between Water Crag and Rough Crag
Joining the path rising from the western end of Devoke Water which is not as clear as we'd hoped
Woodend Height from the path
Looking back to Devoke Water with Crinkle Crags on the centre horizon
Lank Rigg, Whoap, Caw Fell, Seatallan, Haycock, Whin Rigg and Scoat Fell form the horizon
We veered away from the path which climbs up to White Pike and made directly for the col
Great Gable and Scafell over the col between Water Crag and Rough Crag
Looking down on Brantrake Crags
The Coniston Fells across the slopes of Rowantree How
Approaching the col between Woodend Height and White Pike
The summit of White Pike from the col
Looking back to Devoke Water from the col
Yoadcastle comes into view as the path turns to the east and climbs up to higher col between it and Woodend Height
Looking over towards Whit Fell, Stainton Pike and Burn Moor
Approaching the higher col, the route of ascent is via the short but steep north ridge, two walkers are making their way up it
The Coniston Fells from the col between Woodend Height and Yoadcastle
Climbink Yoadcastle's north ridge
The summit cairn on Yoadcastle
 Whit Fell from the summit of Yoadcastle
Burn Moor above Stainton Pike from the summit of Yoadcastle
Ravenglass beyond the summit of The Knott
The route taken up from the lower col which is in the left foreground below the summit of White Pike  
The summit of Woodend Height across the higher col
Looking north to the high fells, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell, Scafell Pike, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags on the skyline
Harter Fell and the Coniston Fells from the summit of Yoadcastle

 

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