I'm still slowly chipping away at the Wainwright Outlying Fells and surprisingly this one doesn't have a definite summit, Wainwright unhelpfully states the highest parts have a height "about 600 feet". The Database of British and Irish Hills website places the summit to the South of High Dam and even [b]estimates[/b] its grid reference (SD361883).
To quote AW 'Everywhere the surroundings are delightful. But this is not fellwalking.' - needless to say I didn't bother hunting in the woods for the summit, the path around the reservoir is probably higher anyway. I seemed to arrive at the LDNPA car park (£1.30 for an hour - there are a few spaces down the road) just after everyone else so my photos only start when the hordes are passed!
High Dam...
Boarded over the boggy bits...
picturesque islands...
High Dam, it once powered a 32 foot water wheel at the Stott Park Bobbin Mill...
a reasonable expanse of water...
earth dam...
Low Dam, after a short descent...
a much smaller body of water...
descending through coppice woodland...
relief map showing the local terrain on a...
large replica bobbin...
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