Fleetwith Pike and Castle Crag
Date 18/04/2004
Walks done by: Jed & Barb.
Weather: Dull with drizzle at times. Becoming brighter
Distance 9 miles.
Started at: Honister Pass and Rosthwaite
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Looking down the course of the old tramway to Honister Slate mine
Loooking towards Haystacks from the site of the Drumhouse
The mine road
High Stile from the mine road
First sighting of Buttermere
Buttermere from Fleetwith Pike Summit
High Stile
Haystacks
A little colour (pity is tangerine) in a bleak landscape
View of an old aerial rope way above Honister Pass
More workings across the valley
Mine entrance
Memorial at the mine
Castle Crag
Castle Crag from the path from Rosthwaite
New Bridge
Waste from old workings at the top of Castle Crag
Derwent Water from the summit
Memorial stone to John Hamer
This girl was deep in thought and enjoying the tranquility.
She came from South Africa and said that this view reminded her of home