Walk 34 - Red Screes - 14th February 2019
 

Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 1 The Eastern Fells
 

#66 Red Screes 2546 ft
#67 Middle Dodd 2146 ft
#68 Little Hart Crag 2090 ft
#69 High Hartsop Dodd 1703 ft
Distance
7 miles
Time
6.5 hrs
Lowest Point
529 ft
Highest Point
2546 ft
Total Ascent
2764 ft
 
Walk Rating - moderate
 

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  11.22 After a short drive from Patterdale Hotel we parked at The Brotherswater Inn. We walked along the road for a few minutes then crossed into the fields and began the walk up Caiston Glen.  
   
  11.25 Panorama 245 Caiston Glen with the Brotherswater Inn in the centre of the picture..  
 
 
  12.31 At the top of Caiston Glen we turned up to the left and began the climb up Red Screes. The wind and cloud whipped though Scandale Pass behind us and as the cloud cleared for a few seconds at a time we could get glimpses of distant fells. In this case a brief view of the Scafells some 12 miles to the west.  
   
  12.31 Little Hart Crag briefly visible . . . . .  
   
  12.32 . . . . and the cairn on side of Dove Crag.  
   
  12.33 Panorama 246 Looking over Scandale Pass towards Dove Crag..  
   
  13.04 Panorama 247 Red Screes summit looking south.  
 
 
  13.07 Panorama 248 Red Screes summit looking north  
 
 
  13.09 Plenty of icy pools on the summit.  
   
  13.10 Windermere in the distance behind Wansfell.  
   
  13.17 Panorama 249 Looking down on Kirkstone Pass Inn.  
   
  13.18 Panorama 250 At the southern end of Red Screes summit.  
 
 
  13.21 Helvellyn in the distance from Red Screes summit.  
   
  13.29 Panorama 251 Leaving the summit of Red Screes and heading down to Middle Dodd .  
 
 
  13.31  
   
  13.37 Walking down to Middle Dodd.  
   
  13.39 Brotherswater  
   
  13.39 Looking across to Little Hart Crag with Helvellyn in the distance.  
   
  13.49 Middle Dodd summit  
   
  14.35 It was too windy for lunch on the summit so we walked back and had lunch behnd a wall on Smallthwaite Band.  
   
  15.23 Crossing over towards our next Wainwright we could see down Scandale Bottom with Low Pike above it.  
   
  15.54 Panorama 252 From Little Hart Crag looking down the length of High Hartsop Dodd.  
 
 
  15.56 High Hartsop Dodd with Angletarn Pikes in the background.  
   
  16.02 Starting the steep descent of High Hartsop Dodd.  
   
  16.06 Looking down on our car at the Brotherswater Inn.  
   
  16.08 Walking down towards Brotherswater in the golden hour.  
 
 
   
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