The Lake Landers: A Walk Up Haystacks

Today we were back at Ennerdale on a work party. Karen decided to take a walk up Haystacks to take some more panoramic photos whilst Andy stayed with the others working on the River Liza path. We were able to park at Middle Bridge so that vastly shortened the walk in for Karen & the dogs & soon were climbing up to the first photographic point.

And these are the two panoramas of the landscape taken from it

As we climb higher Ennerdale Water comes into view

Further on up & great views to Great Gable at the end of the valley

We soon meet up with the Black Sail to Scarth Gap path which is our next photo point

Photos taken we head on up to Scarth Gap where the dogs find something interesting to sniff

Looking up to Haystacks we still have 150m of height to gain

Zooming in on some figures on the skyline

In the other direction High Crag & its very steep ascent/descent

Buttermere & Crummock Water in the distance

We didn't need to get to the summit just skirt around it to Innominate Tarn but the path led us there anyway

Ennerdale Water from near the summit

We stop to take the final two pictures just before Innominate Tarn

It's lunch time so Karen stops at this tarn much to Bess's delight

Crag however is disappointed there are no sticks up here so takes it upon himself to try to rip some dead heather out of the ground

How much fun have I been having?

Finally a picture of Innominate Tarn

And across to High Crag & Seat as we start our descent. Karen had spotted this path on her way up but it looked very steep & the surface was scree, so it was a good down path but not one to try on the way up

Looking back up the route we had come down

We were going to back a little early for Andy to have finished so extended the walk to go down to near Black Sail before walking back. Lots of people gathered there