The Screes from Nether Wasdale

The Crags of Whin Rigg and Illgill Head from Woodhow Approaching Greathall Gill Nether Wasdale from the base of Greathall Gill Wastwater and the Screes from the base of Greathall Gill The ascent up the path alongside Greathall Gill Sellafield in the distance as a rain shower approaches The summit of Whin Rigg Out to the Irish Sea from Whin Rigg. Nether Wasdale lies below with Sellafield in the distance The Mosedale Horseshoe and Great Gable from Whin Rigg. Ahead lies the path to Illgill Head Wastwater from the crags of Whin Rigg Wasdale Hall (Youth Hostel) from the top of Broad Crag and Bell Crag Harter Fell from the tarns above Bell Crag The flaking crags on the approach to Illgill Head and the slippage of the ground can clearly be seen Whin Rigg and the crags from the approach to Illgill Head The summit of Illgill Head Illgill Head from Fence Wood Wasdale Head from the path above Wasdale Head Hall Farm The beginning of the Screes path leaving Wasdale Head Hall Farm Along the Screes path Looking back across Wastwater to Yewbarrow Looking back along the rocky Screes path. Yewbarrow lies across Wastwater The rocky crags above the Screes Jock Mackay, deep in thought, waiting for the 'slower' scree walkers The Screes Wastwater, with Middle Fell and Yewbarrow in the distance The view from Lund Bridge The Crags and Screes that provide the Wastwater backdrop, from Low Wood

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