I pick the remains of cotton from my bare white steaming feet (sorry) & begin to give the once trusty Brasher Season Two socks a shake of luck before applying them back over my feet. From the summit of Cockly Pike we had another fairly obvious choice on which way to gain the main ridge, the summit can be seen in the top left of the photo which can be mis-leading when thinking that the ridge goes straight up from Cockly Pike, it seems that there are a matter of twist & turns together with the odd descent & ascents thrown in too. Whilst most people will be able do this walk, it requires a reasonable head for heights and an ability to scramble over a short rocky patch. Cockly Pike was gained quite quickly after negotiating the first of many scrambles to reach its cairn-less summit, here the choice to use my poles wasn’t going down to well as they hampered my ascent towards the last push not helped by a hands on approach to finally top out on the summit itself, just minutes after taking them from the pack I fasten them back in again. We take in the last miles under the duress of a brilliant afternoon sun as we pass more paddlers who spend their afternoon up to their waist cooling off in the River Esk, Tim & I can only look on as the dust rises from the heels of our boots’ we finish off the remainders of our Hydration Packs & water bottles. We soon made our way down to the top of Calf Cove passing more & more groups of walkers along the way, by the looks of things Scafell Pike will be one busy summit today, we both agreed that given the fact that today is the Summer Solstice, walkers would still be here at 9pm this evening making the best out of the years longest day. It seemed odd to have to make such decisions & they really do pull at the heart strings no more so than mine & Tim’s, but when you take in the two hour each way journey & the early rise of 5:00am (earlier for Tim) you’ve got to know when to make the right call. Route map for 'Cockley Beck,Scafell Pike,Esk Pike,Lingcove Beck' - a 18.0km walking route near Seathwaite, UK. The rock is rough and superb throughout, but do watch out for the odd loose bit! We were joined by two gents who just came from out of no-where ‘you’ve got to watch the rock round here fellas, one wrong move & your over’. I mentioned my plans to Tim who came back with a reply asking could Esk Pike be included in the days itinerary? A short distance away, above the ‘viewpoint’ top, large boulders crown the summit of Cockley … Langstrath Cam Crag Ridge 2/3 8km / 5 miles via Tarn at Leaves or 12km / 7.5 miles via Glaramara Taw House is known as High Fell farm with common grazing’s that extend all the way up to the Scafell range, the farm dates back to 1806 but was actually built on the site of a much older site dating back to 1723. The scrambling is very easy, a bit scrappy near the top although the finish is excellent. now that the sun is also shining on Bowfell at the end. Even then, the mercury was rising rapidly and the climb up Cockley Pike and the remainder of the ridge was collar-work. But the views make all the hard work worth it. All Saints was once a round towered church, but on 29th August 1991 the tower collapsed. Catbells elevation & distance. Besides the splendid views that unfolded before us I had other reasons why I choose to plan our exit via the scenic Lingcove Beck & the isolation that it had to offer. Cockley Pike Ridge - one of the longest continuous scrambles in the Lake District and the setting alone should merit 3 stars. Our route would see us head firstly along the banks of Lingcove Beck via a faint grassy singular track which at times does widen up but in any case is quite easy to follow, ahead sits Hard Knott which marks a right turn as we would continue to follow Lingcove Beck back through to Brotherikeld, but that, is a long way away yet. A series of false summits up the ridge of Cockley How, leads to a grand spot to sit and admire the view of Derwent Water and beyond; this lower top has a slightly better view than the main summit. Bochlwyd Horseshoe – (Page 56) This includes TWO of the best scrambles in Snowdonia, as well as another two in descent! Would you look at that! Get the full route guide and photos here. This view looking to a cloud covered Skiddaw and Blencathra. So a feasible day in decent light would be from Langdale to the Pike, down to Cockley Beck, or the other way about. We pick our descent via a narrow path which seemed to have a sudden steep drop to it, either that or my now painful feet were starting to play tricks on me. Feedback comments are intended to give extra information about a route which may be helpful to other climbers. This view never fails to bring out the wow factor for me. Scafell Pike from the path to Esk Hause. Long Pike scramble, high on Great End. Ahead, Red Tarn nestles between Pike O'Blisco on the left and Cold Pike on the right that we climbed on the way up. With a well trod ridge path to guide me I descended to Deepdale Hause before my next ascent of the day, a hands on scramble over my favourite summit in the whole of Lakeland, the rock crown of Cofa Pike. Walk three from my ‘out of the ordinary walks’ would be a direct ascent on Ill Crag from Great Moss which up until a few weeks ago were just words on a sheet of paper as I hadn’t really planned on how I was going to get myself up there, if at all it was even possible for the average walker already knowing somewhere in the back of my head, that the most direct ascents were Grade 3/4 Scrambles. Not content with disturbing the sleeping sheep we also did a pretty good job of waking the sheep dogs whilst passing through Taw House Farm some of which barked from behind closed barn doors shattering the peace as we passed through this quiet haven, after closing the farm gate behind us we left the dogs barking who still could be heard from a good distance up the path. Looking back on Dumas Dubs & a distant Harter Fell (Eskdale) as we flank High Scarth Crag. After failing to find the cause of what was going on I can only assume that a rescue was underway, I only hope it was nothing too serious. 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