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Grike - Lake District Walk
Saturday 6th September 2014
My sister Debra and her boyfriend Andy joined us for another walk. As it was a Saturday and we were in search of some solitude we headed for the less frequented Western Fells.
Start: Cold Fell Road (NY 0665 1302)
Route: Cold Fell Road - Blakeley Raise - Grike - Crag Fell - Whoap - Whoap Beck - Cold Fell Road
Distance: 5.75 miles Ascent: 452 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 45 mins
Terrain: Predominantly on clear tracks.
Weather: Cloudy to start but brightening and warming up during the day.
Pub Visited: Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater Ale Drunk: Esthwaite Bitter
![Flat Fell Flat Fell](2014-09-06/flat fell.jpg)
Looking across the Cold Fell Road towards Flat Fell as we start the ascent of Blakeley Raise.
![Lank Rigg Lank Rigg](2014-09-06/lank rigg.jpg)
Lank Rigg from the ascent of Blakeley Raise.
![Blakeley Raise's summit Blakeley Raise's summit](2014-09-06/blake summit.jpg)
The summit of Blakeley Raise, minus the skull that adorned the fence post the last time we were here.
![Grike Grike](2014-09-06/grike.jpg)
Grike was our next summit but the view had changed since our last visit when the fellside was much greener.
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For those of us with little legs the most difficult section of the walk was negotiating this gap.
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Following the track through the former forest.
![River Calder River Calder](2014-09-06/river calder.jpg)
The River Calder from the ascent of Grike.
![Blakeley Raise Blakeley Raise](2014-09-06/route.jpg)
As we ascend Grike the devestation left by the removal of the trees scars the landscape.
![Grike's summit Grike's summit](2014-09-06/grike summit.jpg)
Grike's summit cairn and shelter. As it looks like the weather is improving we opt to carry onto
Crag Fell before stopping for lunch.
![Crag Fell Crag Fell](2014-09-06/crag fell.jpg)
Crag Fell from the descent of Grike.
![Grike Grike](2014-09-06/grike1.jpg)
It's easy going and Grike's summit is soon in the distance.
![Ennerdale Ennerdale](2014-09-06/ennerdale.jpg)
The view along the Ennerdale Valley was one of the reasons we opted to delay our lunch break.
![Bowness Knott Bowness Knott](2014-09-06/herdus.jpg)
Bowness Knott, Herdus, Great Bourne and Starling Dodd from our lunch spot.
![Blake Fell Blake Fell](2014-09-06/blake fell.jpg)
Behind us Blake Fell was also in view.
![](2014-09-06/planes.jpg)
Looking up we were passed by a group of planes.
![Ennerdale Wall Ennerdale Wall](2014-09-06/ennerdale wall.jpg)
The Ennerdale Wall acts as a marker for our route onto Whoap.
![Crag Fell Crag Fell](2014-09-06/crag fell1.jpg)
Looking back to Crag Fell from the point at which we left the Ennerdale Wall.
![Whoap Whoap](2014-09-06/whoap.jpg)
Approaching the summit of Whoap.
![Whoap Beck Whoap Beck](2014-09-06/whoap beck.jpg)
Our route off the summit would take us alongside Whoap Beck.
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As we descended from Whoap I spotted this memorial just off the path.
![Lank Rigg Lank Rigg](2014-09-06/lank rigg1.jpg)
Looking back to Lank Rigg (R) and Whoap (L) as we follow the track back to the Cold Fell Road.
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