Walk Information

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Walk route: Birker Fell road - Rough Crag (Devoke Water) - Water Crag - Devoke Water - White Pike - Yoadcastle - Woodend Height - Devoke Water - Seat How - Birker Fell road

Distance: 5.50 miles

Ascent: 1,450ft

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Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: warm, light winds, sunshine but cloud building from the north, we were caught by a heavy rain shower on our return to the car from Seat How.

Comment: A. Wainwright's 'The Devoke Water Circuit' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 144].

Photos

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Seat How with Yoadcastle in the distance from the fell roadGreat Gable, Scafell, Esk Pike and Bowfell from Rough Crag summitCrook Crag and Green Crag with Harter Fell, Eskdale behind from Rough Crag summitDevoke Water and Yoadcastle from Rough CragHeading to Water Crag from Rough CragLooking back to Rough Crag and a panorama of the southern central Lakes from the route to Water CragThe high fells from Water Crag summitSeat How and Devoke WaterDevoke WaterDevoke Water, Water Crag and Rough Crag from the climb up White PikeWoodend Height and Yoadcastle from White Pike summitHesk Fell with Caw behind (centre) from Yoadcastle summit360 Panorama from Yoadcastle summitWhitfell and Stainton Pike from YoadcastleYoadcastle with Whitfell behind and Stainton Pike right from Woodend HeightLooking down on Devoke Water from Woodend Height as the clouds darkenThe boathouse, Devoke WaterDevoke Water under a dark sky

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