Top up your logbook day 2.
Walking with Kevin, Sarah, Tom and Cieran.
Used Harvey's 1:40
Planned walk to summit Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell and Swirl How. Wetherlam planned for if progress was good.
Parked at end of metalled road Walna Scar Road.
Followed Walna Scar Road to foot of Little Arrow Moor. Up to Goat's Water before reaching Goats Hause.
Lunch at top of Coniston Old Man.
Down to Brim Fell, Levers Hawse before on to Swirl How to Prison Band to decend into Levers Water. Cut across bottom of Levers Water through Boulder Valley passing The Pudding Stone and old mine shaft sink hole. Took track beneath Coniston Old Man back to Walna Scar Road
Quarry in action as coming down - large explosion with strong sulphur smell from local Quarry.
Weather very wet if not always heavy. Lots of supporting one group member due to limited eye-sight.
Area :
Southern Fells (Scafell Pike)
The Southern Fells Include Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west. In the south east are the well known Furness Fells, their heavily quarried flanks rising above Coniston Water.
