Whiteless Pike to Waterless Gill - Photo Gallery

The forecast wasn't great but it was bright enough when I parked the car at Cinderdale Common; any thoughts of wearing shorts were blown away by the coolness of the breeze when I opened the car door. I walked over to Rannerdale, the bluebells were in full bloom and full scent, before making the interesting steep little climb to the summit of Rannerdale Knotts. I walked along the ridge to the steep green climb up towards Whiteless Pike; when I reached the summit the weather wasn't quite as bad as I thought it was going to be so I carried on to the Wandope and Eel Crag. I took the route off Eel Crag directly down to Coledale Hause and then walked up the ridge by the edge of Dove Crags to the summit of Grasmoor. The buffetting I was getting from the wind meant I just wanted to get off the ridge as quickly as possible, I obviously went the wrong way again and it was a fairly tortuous descent to get to Red Gill. There is only a stream of loose stones in this gill and there was still a lot of height to lose, fortunately I was feeling fit and in no rush but it was a hard way to get back down to the car park.

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© Andy Wallace 16th May 2009