Howtown to Pooley Bridge
Howtown to Pooley Bridge
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Loadpot Hill from Pooley Bridge
A good short days walk today in some pretty wild weather as we climbed Loadpot Hill from Pooley Bridge, snow, hail, strong winds and sunshine were the order of the day.
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Howtown to Pooley Bridge
A great day out exploring some of the more peaceful fells on the eastern side of Ullswater and Howtown today including Steel Knotts and the wonderful Bonscale Pike.
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Howtown to Pooley Bridge
A great day out today at the northern end of Ullswater traversing the ridge above Howtown to Pooley Bridge.
We set off from Howtown at about 10am and climbed the good track on the western flank of Steel Knotts to the summit ridge, turning back along the ridge to take in the wonderful summit and a few photos, todays forecast had been for low cloud and rain so we were more than happy with the sunshine that we were getting so far!
From Steel Knotts (or Pikeawassa) we followed the ridge south, skirting around Gowk Hill and climbing up onto the ridge just south of Wether Hill, meeting the Roman road and following this north over the summits of Wether Hill.
From Wether Hill we continued north, stopping by the remains of the old shooting lodge on the slopes of Loadpot Hill to eat our sandwiches before continuing over Loadpot Hill.
By now the skies were a little greyer and there were a few spots of rain in the air, the cloud had dropped onto the summits of the Helvellyn range and there was rain on the way.
We pressed on and descended onto the grassy shoulder leading out to Bonscale Pike, by now the skies had again cleared and we crossed to the summit of Arthur's Pike.
From Arthur's Pike we crossed to the Roman road again and descended by Brown Rigg to The Cockpit, a wonderful stone circle before descending down to the track to Pooley Bridge.
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Howtown to Pooley Bridge
A great day above Ullswater today, climbing over Steel Knotts from Howtown and following the ridge back to Pooley Bridge.
From Pooley Bridge we caught the 9.45 steamer to Howtown climbing above onto the flanks of Steel Knotts and up to the summit rocks, also known as Pikeawassa.
As we climbed there was a blustery breeze and drizzle, but as we climbed the slopes above towards Wether Hill the rain eased off and the clouds parted giving wonderful views for the rest of the day.
We stopped behind the wall on the summit ridge to eat our packed lunches, as we got up to continue walking we spotted the Golden Eagle circling a short distance away, being mobbed by a brave raven!
We followed the High Street Roman Road north crossing the summit of Wether Hill and climbing to the summit of Loadpot Hill by the remains of the shooting cabin on it's slopes, descending from Loadpot Hill to Bonscale Pike in bright sunshine, the views down the lake were wonderful and we followed the easy path north over Arthurs Pike before descending, now back on the High Street Roman Road down to The Cockpit, a stone circle above Pooley Bridge, following the track back down to the village.
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Above Martindale
A great day above Martindale today climbing Gowk Hill, Wether Hill and Loadpot Hill before descending over Bonscale Pike and Arthurs Pike back to Howtown
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