Great Crag & Grange Fell

Today we travelled over to Rosthwaite (south of Derwent Water in Borrowdale) to walk 2 new Wainwrights. Rosthwaite is the current starting point for the Autumn in Lakeland LDWA walk we have done the past two years so the start up onto the fells was familiar to us. Looking across to High Spy in the distance with Castle Crag the tree lined fell in the front which is the lowest & to be our last of the 214 Wainwright's when the time comes. Looking back at Rosthwaite with its stunning fell back drop, the road bears to the right after the hamlet heading over the Honister Pass to Buttermere

A panorama from slightly higher up

Our first fell of the day, Great Crag (& yes he knows he is!)

Watendlath Tarn comes into view to the right of the picture

Good paths here that have probably had extensive work from the fix the fells project

It is quite marshy away from the path fed by the numerous streams up here

Some lower cloud on Skiddaw in the distance

We begin the final push for the summit & there is just a visible path through the heather

All of Watendlath Tarn comes into view

Great Crag (440m)

Looking across to our second summit of the day, Grange Fell

The views are amazing here, Great Gable to the left across to Pillar to the right of the picture

We will need to follow the wall in the distance until we are close to the summit

Crag takes following the wall a bit literally

We are about 30m from the summit & have a narrow path to pick our way to the top

And are rewarded with Skiddaw out of the mist with Derwent Water below

Grange Fell (415m)

This a perfect lunch spot

We start our descent with Blencathra in the distance

It wasn't until we got back to the car that we realised just how mucky someone was

A lovely walk on a really warm & sunny day, this beats Waberthwaite a million times over!