Fleetwith Pike and Castle Crag

Date                   18/04/2004 

Walks done by: Jed & Barb.

Weather:            Dull with drizzle at times. Becoming brighter 

Distance            9 miles.

Started at:         Honister Pass and Rosthwaite

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Looking down the course of the old tramway to Honister Slate mine 

Loooking towards Haystacks from the site of the Drumhouse 

The mine road

High Stile from the mine road

First sighting of Buttermere

Buttermere from Fleetwith Pike Summit 

High Stile

Haystacks

A little colour (pity is tangerine) in a bleak landscape

View of an old aerial rope way above Honister Pass

More workings across the valley

Mine entrance

Memorial at the mine

Castle Crag

Castle Crag from the path from Rosthwaite

New Bridge

Waste from old workings at the top of Castle Crag

Derwent Water from the summit

Memorial stone to John Hamer

This girl was deep in thought and enjoying the tranquility.

She came from South Africa and said that this view reminded her of home