The Blake Seven Print
Written by Peter Burgess   
Sunday, 24 August 2008

Grasmoor brooding in the clouds
Grasmoor
  Today's early walk was a lovely expedition onto the Loweswater fells.  The initial part of the walk crossed the flank of Burnbank Fell.  With horses in the first field, animal encounters multiplied as I frightened a fox from its sluimber and a peregrine falcon dived in the air above Holme Wood.

 

 

Peter on the summit of Blake
Blake summit
Onto Burnbank Fell, my eyes became fixed on Blake the days highest objective.  Beforeascending here however, I traversed onto the interesting spur of Sharp Knott with a lovely vista from its prominent peak.  Without this small diversion I would not have encountered the red deer and her fawn who failed to catch my scent in my leeward position.  Surprisingly I moved close to the animals before they began to move off rapidly to the relative sanctuary of teh Wisenholme valley.

Leaving Blake for Gavel Fell I was alone for the whole duration.  With cloud on the higher fells, the morning sun shone brightly on this gorgeous bastion of Lakeland. It was a pleasure to be out this morning and after Gavel Fell I returned north aiming for the sloped of Knock Murton.

Cogra Moss Reservoir with Blake behind
Cogra Moss
Descending from High and Low Pen to the col before Murton Fell I battled through the forest in a move striking off the usual path.  I landed on the forest road, traversing round to the col before striking north-west up the face of Knock Murton, following a parallel line through the regimented conifers as I climbed.  Onto the open fell in heather was a delight and before long I surmounted AW's 'forbidden peak'. 

I descended sharply north from Knock Murton's summit to the artificically created Cogra Moss.  It was here that I heard the bad news of a house break in.  Strangely, the environment I was in softened the blow of this news but the morning had given me food to lessen the impact of the long drive home to London and the sight that might greet us on the return.  Despite the circumstances of later the walk was a great one and really must be  completed by anyone more used to the rocky defiles of Langdale and elsehwere.   

An audio-visual presentation of the outing:

 

 



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