Helm Crag

25th November 2007

 

 

Wainwright Guidebook three

The Central Fells

 

 

Overview
Ascent: 1, 328 Feet - 428 Metres
Wainwrights: Helm Crag
Weather: Dull & Overcast
Parking: Grasmere Village
Area: Central
Miles:  
Walking With: Stephen Harrison
Ordnance Survey: Ordnance Survey OL7 (1:25)
Time Taken:  
Route: Grasmere - Easedale Lane - New Bridge - Lancrigg - Helm Crag - Lancrigg - New Bridge - Easedale Lane - Grasmere
 

Map and Photo Gallery

 
 

Helm Crag from Grasmere
 

Goody Bridge over Easedale Beck
 

New Bridge over Easedale Beck and towards the farm path
 

 
 

 
 

Brimmer Head Farm and Blea Rigg
 

Easedale Tarn and Tarn Crag
With Blea Rigg and Codale Head.

Looking in to Grasmere and not posing honest!

 

The Lion and The Lamb. There’s just no getting away with it from any angle.
 

The Howitzer, Helm Crag.
I did attempt to climb it then you see the over hang and then the A591, and okay lets slowly make your way back down

Heading back towards Grasmere
 

I couldn’t walk past the Graveyard of one our most Established Poets without taking a picture
 

The Water Mill Ings. I guess I can start calling this my local now.
Time for a well deserved pint.

 

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