Birker Fells 2-Day Backpack
A short 2-day circuit of the Birker fells on the southern side of lower Eskdale, a generally little trodden corner of the Lake district usually forsaken for the sport of the higher mountains, but offering a greater sense of wilderness and holding ample rewards for those who seek them out. We took a new approach to the area via Brantrake Crags.
 
A forecast of a couple of good clear days in a vigorous northerly weather stream held the promise of dramatic landscape photos, but it was much cloudier than expected and the views were rather dull, the exception being the superb sunrise we saw from the tent on Great Worm Crag.