Andy Beck - On
Location
Route details and photographs of areas where Andy has
been walking, sketching and gathering references for future work.
This route was part of Andy's
fascinating and unique project "The
Wainwrights in Colour". Click here
20th May 2009 Iron Crag and
Roughten Gill
There are walks which I plan which don't
include to the top of a major fell. This is one of those, a route which did get
us to the top of Iron Crag and then an interesting descent alongside the falls
of Roughten Gill near High Pike.
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Brae Fell as we climb
onto the moor above Fell Side.
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Patches of sun
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Looking down Grains Gill.
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Brae Fell from near Birk
Moss. ( The sketch I was looking for from near here has already been
completed and can be seen in the Brae Fell page.
click here )
The regular cuts on the
peat were made to supply fuel to the smelt mill lower in the valley.
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Cairn on Iron Crag, Knott
behind. From here we headed down the path of Roughten Gill.
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This is the lowest of the
series of waterfalls.
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Lunch by another cascade.
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Contouring round under
Iron Crag.
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The lichen covered
remains of the old mine buildings.
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Making friends.
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Looking back up the gill from the remains
of the old smelt mill.
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A sheep's chorus. We
returned to the car at Fell Side shortly after this before heading round
to our second walk of the day.
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