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The Fellwalker by Peter John Farnworth
WALK 43 SATURDAY AUGUST 4th 1990This walk took us to Fleetwith Pike on a circular route to Grey Knotts via Green Gable (see Walk 35 for the start of this route.) This was another fine walking day with a light breeze blowing over the fells.
We left the car park and left the main path near to Dubs House (disused), where we cut across the fell side towards the summit of Fleetwith Pike, which had commanding views over Buttermere (Lake} and the surrounding mountains. From here we returned to Dubs House and followed the path over open fell side towards Green Gable (only the second time we have been on this summit, the previous occasion being in 1983 on Walk 21.) On this occasion, we spent more time, and so you appreciate the scenic view much more, and also you will find that being on lower summits you see the full magnitude of the mountains in their full splendour. This was without doubt one of the better summits we have been on, with that wonderful view down the valley of Ennerdale and that perfect view of Pillar (mountain.) From this position we turn round to see the Scafell group of mountains, and last but not least the mighty summit of Great Gable which stood before us. From were we stood, we could see rock climbers scaling the crags near the summit. What a sight to see. From Green Gable we dropped down in altitude, and followed the path onto Brandreth, followed by Grey Knotts. These two summits were very uninteresting, but they had to be logged up. As you can see, with the position of these two summits, we could so easily have walked just these two and come back down again to add them to our list. But we have never walked just to add mountains to a list. We walk because we love the great outdoors, so we plan a walk to incorporate within the walk summits other than the ones we have to log up. Mountains walked that day: Fleetwith Pike 114 Green Gable 37 Brandreth 80 Grey Knotts 90 [[]] Diagram & Stats
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