| Great Carrs, Swirl How & Grey Friar | ||||||
| Date | 7/8/2004 |
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| Walks done by: | Jed | |||||
| Weather: | Overcast and very warm to begin. Becoming hot and very sunny. | |||||
| Distance | 6 miles. | |||||
| Started at: | Three Shire stone | |||||
| Height:- | ||||||
| Great Carrs | 2575' | |||||
| Swirl How | 2630' | |||||
| Grey Friar | 2536' | |||||
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| Three Shires Stone - only one county, Lancashire is written on it. The other two being Cumberland (west) and Westmorland (east) | ||||||
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| Looking west along Wrynose Pass. Harter Fell is on the left in the distance | ||||||
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| The Greenburn Valley with greenburn Reservoir (bottom right) and Little Langdale Tarn (left) | ||||||
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| Swirl How (centre) and Great Carrs (right) from the top of the path from Wrynose Pass. | ||||||
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| And suddenly the sun appeared to give this view of the Scafells and Bowfell | ||||||
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| Greenburn from Little Carrs | ||||||
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| Wreckage of ill fated Halifax bomber LL505 below Great Carrs. For more information about this crash visit this link . Very detailed and sad. | ||||||
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| The landing gear forms part of a memorial near the summit. | ||||||
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| The memorial cross | ||||||
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| The memorial | ||||||
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| Grey Friar from Great Carrs | ||||||
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| Swirl How from near Great Carrs summit | ||||||
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| The large cairn on Swirl How summit with the Scafells in the distance | ||||||
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| Great Carrs with the wreckage near its base | ||||||
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| Closest is the ridge I came up and the furthest is the Langdales | ||||||
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| Wetherlam from Swirl How | ||||||
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| 30 yards SE of Swirl How summit and this excellent view of Levers Water and Coniston Water awaits | ||||||
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| Looking back to Swirl How summit | ||||||
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| Coniston Old Man and Brim Fell in the distance | ||||||
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| Another view of the memorial and its spectacular setting | ||||||
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| Looking across to Swirl How from Great Carrs | ||||||
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| .From L to R. The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell and Dow Crag behind the ridge to Swirl How | ||||||
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| Grey Friar summit. The true summit is the one to the left | ||||||
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| The Scafells from the NW cairn | ||||||
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| Grey Friar summit with Dow Crag in the distance | ||||||
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| Wainwrights pointed boulder near the summit | ||||||
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| The northerly view | ||||||
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| Wrynose Breast and Cold Pike from the top of the path down to Wrynose Pass | ||||||
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| Descending to Wrynose Pass (where red cars seem very popular) | ||||||
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