Walk Reports|Central Fells|Helm Crag to Blea Rigg|Easedale Road, Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag, Greenup, Low White Stones, High Raise, Sergeant Man, Blea Rigg, Lang How, Wray Gill

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It was dry when I got to Grasmere, and it stayed that way all day, although it was quite cloudy and cool for the time of year. I walked up the Easedale Road, past Lancrigg and along the farm road to the disused quarries at Jackdaw Crag. There is an old, steep constructed path at first, and then easier green slopes to take you up to the summit ridge of Helm Crag. I kept to the crest of the ridge, with its many undulations, past the summit of Gibson Knott and on to Calf Crag. I descended to the head of Far Easedale, and walked across the swampy ground of Brownrigg Moss before climbing up to Greenup Edge. I turned left to climb up to Low White Stones, and from there walked across to the summit of High Raise; I did my best to follow a path across the swampy summit plateau, and then climbed up to the rocky top of Sergeant Man. I descended to the ridge-maze of Blea Rigg, and managed to find one of the many paths that doesn't reach the summit, before descending to the flatness and wetness of Blindtarn Moss. I made an interesting but unintended descent by the side of Wray Gill, having mistaken the cairn at the top of Lang How for the summit of Silver How, back to the car.