Showing posts with label Finsthwaite Heights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finsthwaite Heights. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Finsthwaite Heights - This is not Fellwalking!

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...