| The Pasture Bottom Round |
| Hartsop Dodd 2018' (2:23 FRCC 132), Caudale Moor 2502' (2:7 FRCC 58), Thornthwaite Crag 2569' (2:4 FRCC 46), Gray Crag 2286'(2:15 FRCC 93) |
| Wainwright No's 120 and 121 Sunday 25th November 2007 |
| Weather :- Overcast
and occasional windy gusts, very cold Accompanied by :- Charlotte and Sam. Total Distance between 6 and 8 miles depending upon the GPS or Memory Map !, total height ascended 2800 Feet, time taken 5 1/2 Hours. |
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| Hartsop Dodd from Hartsop | Gray Crag from the car park |
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| Hartsop Dodd | |
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| Looking towards Ullswater.......................................... and back down to Hartsop | |
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| Charlotte making her way up to the ridge | Dovedale from the ridge |
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| Hartsop Above How and Brotherwater from the ridge | |
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| Looking up and down Hartsop Dodd's steep north ridge | |
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| The view opens up the higher you get. Ullswater is now seen | |
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| The ridge levels eventually, the small dot on top is not a cairn but the end of a wall | |
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| At the wall looking towards Ullswater | |
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| Red Screes and Middle Dodd | |
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| Apparently the wooden post marks the summit, but I think the small cairn is slightly higher than that | |
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| Heading towards Caudale Moor....................and Sam finds a frozen pool to swim in | |
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| Heading along the wall towards Caudale Moor | |
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| Looking back to Hartsop Dodd | |
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| Nearing Caudale Moor summit | |
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| Charlotte at Caudale Moor's summit with Froswick, Ill Bell and Yoke behind | |
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| Froswick and Ill Bell from the path towards Thresthwaite Mouth | |
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| Sam, having just seen the descent to and ascent from Thresthwaite Mouth ........................turns tail ! | |
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| Looking down to Thresthwaite Mouth | Looking towards Troutbeck from the Mouth |
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| Sam leading the way up from Thresthwaite Mouth | |
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| Pasture Bottom from the steep ascent from Thresthwaite Mouth | |
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| Troutbeck Toungue | Caudale Moor |
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| Nearing the Beacon on Thornthwaite Crag | |
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| Charlotte and Sam at Thornthwaite Beacon | |
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| Charlotte finds enough raw material to make a snowball | |
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| Heading towards Gray Crag | |
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| Sam finds a four legged friend who unfortunatly dosen't want to play | |
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| Hayeswater comes into view | Sam at the 699M spot height |
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| Gray Crag | |
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| Looking back towards Thresthwaite Mouth | Nearing Gray Crag's summit |
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| Charlotte and Sam at Gray Crag's summit | |
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| Charlotte admiring the view over Hayeswater | |
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| Sam, wondering which way to go when the only way is down ! | Hayeswater |
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| Part of the south ridge of Gray Crag | Hartsop and the car are down there somewhere |
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| Looking back to Gray Crag from the bridge over Hayeswater Gill | |
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| Pasture Bottom, we walked the skyline today. The col in the centre is Thresthwaite Mouth | |
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| Two new uses for a Tonka Toy, Dog park.................................... and changing room! | |