| High Street, The Knott, Rampsgill Head & Kidsty Pike |
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HIGH STREET - most of the high places in Lakeland have no mention in history books; not so High Street, which has been known and trodden, down through the ages, by a miscellany of travellers on an odd variety of missions: by marching soldiers, marauding brigands, carousing shepherds, officials of governments, and now by modern hikers. Its summit has been in turn a highway and a sports arena and a racecourse, as well as, as it is today, a grazing ground for sheep. THE KNOTT - eastwards the view is severely confined to the High Street range, but in other directions it is excellent. RAMPSGILL HEAD - on the right sort of day the top is a pleasant place to linger for a while
KIDSTY PIKE - the summit is the best feature of the fell, the Riggindale face is everywhere steep
A. Wainwright |
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| Date |
4/1/2003 |
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| Walks done by: |
Jed |
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| Weather: |
Glorious, with snow on the fells. Very cold |
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| Distance |
8 miles |
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| Started at: |
Mardale Head car park |
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| Height:- |
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| High Street |
2718' |
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| The Knott |
2423' |
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| Rampsgill Head |
2581' |
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| Kidsty Pike |
2560' |
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A beautiful winter's day with snow on the fells. My route took me up Nan Bield Pass, then skirting Mardale Ill Bell. Then it was up to High Street summit and on to The Knott. From there it was up the steep climb to Rampsgill Head and finally Kidsty Pike.
The snow was over a foot deep in places and made for weary legs by the end of the walk. This walk is one I still consider one of the most enjoyable I've ever done, either before or to the date of this revision (2017) |
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| First sighting of the fells from the M6 near Kendal |
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| High Street as I approached very slowly due to the icy road |
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| The path up to Nan Bield |
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| Haweswater from the Nan Bield path |
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| Smallwater |
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| Yoke and Ill Bell from Nan Bield |
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| Looking down the Kentmere valley |
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| The view eastwards, with Rough Crag in the centre |
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| Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick |
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| Looking back to Mardale Ill Bell |
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| First sighting of High Street summit |
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| Looking back down High Street, with Ill Bell and then Morecambe Bay in the distance |
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| High Street summit trig point |
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| Looking west across the tops to the Helvellyn range |
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| Hayeswater |
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| Another view of Hayeswater |
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| The Knott |
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| The ascent to The Knott. Note the snow drifts by the wall |
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| The Knott's summit cairn |
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| Rest Dodd and The Nab from The Knott's summit |
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| Looking down to Ramps Gill from the slope up to Rampsgill Head |
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| Rampsgill Head summit |
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| High Raise from Rampsgill Head |
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| Kidsty Pike |
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| Looking back up to Kidsty Pike. This is the profile of the fell that can be seen from the M6 and West Coast Main Line |
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| Haweswater from Kidsty Howes |
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| Last light |
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