Carrock Beck Circuit - Avoiding the cloud

Despite a predicted 70% chance of clear summits most of the Northern Fells had their heads in the clouds. Fortunately both Carrock Fell & High Pike looked like they might clear, as a bonus it had been over a year since my last visit to these two hills. I parked in one of the many spaces near the ford and ascended Carrock Fell via Rake Trod and followed the usually wet crossing to Hare Stones before climbing High Pike. Descended back to the road over West Fell.

The path leaves the road above Stone Ends...

 Rake Trod, the shortest & steepest route up Carrock Fell...

the gully above Further Gill Sike...

Carrock Fell from the East Peak...

Carrock Fell's summit, site of an ancient hill-fort, Bowscale Fell hidden in cloud...

Bowscale Fell & Bowscale Tarn from Round Knott, make a brief appearance...

Drygill Head & Hare Stones from Miton Hill

Drygill Head, no definite summit...

cairn on Hare Stones , probably not at the highest, Knott also hidden... 

looking back to Carrock Fell from the track over Hare Shaw...

High Pike summit, retrospective back to Carrock Fell...

Descending to West Fell...

Carrock Fell...

scars from the Driggith Mine...

High Pike from the featureless West Fell...

grassy descent...

Carrock Fell's North Face...

ford through Carrock Beck...