Yesterday was forecast to be the last good weather day for a while so Karen & Crag took the opportunity to finish off the Wild Ennerdale fixed point photographs. There were two left to do, one on the summit of Haycock & one on the smaller mound Tewit How on the ascent.
The path follows Deep Gill before turning & starting the steep ascent up Tewit How (left), Haycock is the summit in the distance
Part way up the bank & a little bit of Ennerdale comes into view
The path is indistinct & you just pick your way through the ferns & heather
Higher up & more of Ennerdale is in view, Deep Gill looks a long way down now
We have done the steepest part of the climb & are now on the ridge line upto Tewit How
Somebody is a little worn out as he has been chasing sticks most of the way so far
The summit cairn on Tewit How
The 1st panoramic shot, Steeple around to Haycock, you can see the route up from here
And the second one, Caw Fell across the lake and around to High Stile
Zooming in on Steeple & Scoat Fell
And across the valley to Red Pike & High Stile
A small tarn on Tewit How
We then climb up to the next ridge line where we meet “The Wall” (it stretches for 6 miles along the southern side of Ennerdale & when you walk it it seems to go on forever)
The wall in the opposite direction to Scoat Fell
Looking back once we have started the climb up Haycock
Zooming in on Scafell Pike & Sca Fell
The shelter at the top of Haycock (797m)
The panoramas aren’t as interesting here are the summit plateau is pretty barren
The wall crosses through the summit
Most of Ennerdale Water is in view here
Then we begin out descent taking a slightly different route back, Crag playing in a small beck
Then looking for a stick, piece of heather, root, actually anything that can be thrown is fair game
It was nice to get out on the tops again although the paths or lack of them doesn’t make Haycock the most pleasant of ascents in places
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