Brant Fell - Unexpected bustle on the hill

I had to be in Windermere again this morning so I had the opportunity to grab another Wainwright Outlying Fell. With not a great deal of spare time it had to be Brant Fell, low & within walking distance of Windermere.

Many of the other online 'reports' of Brant Fell describe it as 'an escape from the bustle of Windermere', but on this chilly January morning the hill was busier than Windermere.

Follow the double yellows up Brantfell Road to the start of the Dalesway...

'Dalesway' LDP now left, a wide path leads to Post Knott...

Post Knott is marked as a viewpoint but trees obstruct the majority of the view...

a permissible path leads to Brant Fell which provides better views...

looking up Troutbeck...

Brant Fell's top, I'm not sure what adorned the top but gate posts & remains of iron posts show it was originally fenced???

interesting outcrops...

moody skies over Morecambe Bay...

summit view to the Lakeland Fells...

& up Windermere...

summit...

the start of the route follows the 'Dalesway' a Long Distance Footpath starting from Ilkey...

81 miles to Ilkley...

swans begging for food back at the Glebe...

peaceful at this time of year...

immature swan, not so tame & camera shy...