Illgill Head
         
         
Date                   4/10/2003  

ILLGILL HEAD - this remarkable point of vantage high above the lake (35 yards) from the summit cairn), should be visited nevertheless: if it is omitted the whole ascent becomes pointless.

The screes, when seen in the light of an evening sun, make a picture of remarkable colour and brilliance: a scene unique in this country

A. Wainwright

 
Walks done by: Jed, Barb and Kay    
Weather:  Cold, Windy, Sunny and showery    
Distance 6 miles    
Started at: Lay-by near NT camp site    
Height:-      
Great Mell Fell 1998'  
     

 
Arriving at Wasdale
Wast Water from the start of the walk
 
The Illgill Head ridge
 
Lingmell 
 
Yewbarrow
 
 
 
 
 
Middle Fell (l), Seatallan (c) and Yewbarrow (r)
 
The path to Illgill Head
 
Wasdale Head with Kirk Fell in the centre 
 
The same view as above but from further away and with height gain. Great Gable is to the right of Kirk Fell
 
Kay and Barb near the summit of Illgill Head
 
Looking across to Yewbarrow
 
Barb and Kay on Illgill Head summit
 
Kay and I. I'm lifting her hood so the camera can see her face!
 
The first sighting of Wast Water
 
 
Two views of Wast Water from Illgill Head
 
Kay on the path to Whin Rigg
 
The path to Whin Rigg and the top of the Screes
 
Looking over to Seascale
 
Some of the scree is just visible way below
 
Bowderdale
 
Great Gable with rain clouds above
 
Closer view of the coast and Seascale
 
Kay and I in an old shelter
 
Wasdale Head from the descent path
 
Barb descending from Illgill Head
 
Looking up Lingmell Gill to Scafell Pike
 
The three of us safely down