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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 Poin |
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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 join a path which rises from the western end of Devoke Water to gain the col between Woodend Height and White Pike |
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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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We veered away from the path which climbs up to White Pike and made directly for the col |
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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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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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The summit of White Pike from the col |
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Looking back to Devoke Water from the col |
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Yoadcastle comes into view as the path turns to the east and climbs up to higher col between it and Woodend Height |
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Looking over towards Whit Fell, Stainton Pike and Burn Moor |
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Approaching the higher col, the route of ascent is via the short but steep north ridge, two walkers are making their way up it |
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The Coniston Fells from the col between Woodend Height and Yoadcastle |
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Climbink Yoadcastle's north ridge |
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The summit cairn on Yoadcastle |
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Whit Fell from the summit of Yoadcastle |
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Burn Moor above Stainton Pike from the summit of Yoadcastle |
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Ravenglass beyond the summit of The Knott |
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The route taken up from the lower col which is in the left foreground below the summit of White Pike |
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The summit of Woodend Height across the higher col |
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Looking north to the high fells, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Scafell, Scafell Pike, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags on the skyline |
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Harter Fell and the Coniston Fells from the summit of Yoadcastle |