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Carrock Fell - Lake District Walk
Saturday 8th September 2012
A relatively easy, but long walk which would see us finish the Back O'Skiddaw fells.
Start: Apronful of Stones (NY 3538 3377)
Route: Apronful of Stones - Carrock Fell (359) - Round Knott (360) - Miton Hill (361) - High Pike (362) - Hare Stones (363) - Great Lingy Hill (364) - Little Lingy Hill (365) - Coomb Height (366) - Mosedale - Apronful of Stones
Distance: 9.25 miles Ascent: 683 metres Time Taken: 6 hours 55 mins
Terrain: Generally clear tracks.
Weather: Generally warm and sunny.
Pub Visited: The Mill Inn, Mungrisdale Ale Drunk: Hartley's Cumbrian XB
![Carrock Fell Carrock Fell](2012-09-08/carrock%20fell.jpg)
Carrock Fell from where we parked the car at Apronful of Stones.
![Great Mell Great Mell](2012-09-08/great%20mell.jpg)
The clouds seem to be gathering over Great Mell.
![Carrock Fell Carrock Fell](2012-09-08/carrock%20fell1.jpg)
The summit of Carrock Fell comes into sight.
![Carrock Fell's summit cairn Carrock Fell's summit cairn](2012-09-08/carrock%20cairn.jpg)
Carrock Fell's summit cairn.
![Caldew Valley Caldew Valley](2012-09-08/caldew%20valley.jpg)
Looking along the Caldew Valley from the summit.
![Carrock Fell Carrock Fell](2012-09-08/carrock%20summit.jpg)
Looking back along the rock strewn summit of Carrock Fell towards the distant Pennines.
![Knott & High Pike Knott & High Pike](2012-09-08/knott.jpg)
Knott and High Pike seem a long way from here.
![Round Knott's summit Round Knott's summit](2012-09-08/round%20knott%20summit.jpg)
Round Knott's summit cairn.
![Bowscale Tarn Bowscale Tarn](2012-09-08/bowsclae%20tarn.jpg)
From here we getting a tantalising glimpse of Bowscale Tarn.
![Miton Hill's summit Miton Hill's summit](2012-09-08/miton%20hill.jpg)
Looking towards Knott from Miton Hill's summit cairn.
![High Pike High Pike](2012-09-08/high%20pike.jpg)
High Pike seen over Dry Gill.
![Dry Gill Dry Gill](2012-09-08/dry%20gill.jpg)
Carrock Fell now seems to be some distance away, although we have probably only taken 30 minutes or so to get here.
![High Pike High Pike](2012-09-08/seat.jpg)
The seat on High Pike was free so we took advantage of it and had our lunch.
![High Pike High Pike](2012-09-08/trig.jpg)
You really do feel like you are on the edge of the Lake District.
![Hare Stones' summit Hare Stones' summit](2012-09-08/hare%20stones.jpg)
The next summit of Hare Stones was just a short distance from the Cumbria Way.
![Knott Knott](2012-09-08/to%20great%20lingy.jpg)
From Hare Stones we left the clear track and cut across the moorland in order to reach Great Lingy Hill.
![Great Lingy Hill Great Lingy Hill](2012-09-08/great%20lingy.jpg)
Looking towards Bowscale Fell from Great Lingy Hill's summit.
![Little Lingy Hill Little Lingy Hill](2012-09-08/little%20lingy.jpg)
From Little Lingy Hill's summit Brae Fell is visible across Roughton Gill.
![Coomb Height Coomb Height](2012-09-08/coomb%20heigt.jpg)
The final summit of the day is Coomb Height. Although given that the car is parked the other side of Carrock Fell we clearly still have a lot of walking to do.
![Graingill Beck Graingill Beck](2012-09-08/graingill.jpg)
If like me you aren't very tall descending down the nose of Coomb Height at the end of the summer might not be a good idea. For much of the final section the ferns, visible on the left, were above my head. We had a well earned rest by Graingill Beck before we started the long trek down Mosedale and back along the road to the car.
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