232 - Bowfell - July 2019

Saturday 13th July

Leader: John Jones

Photos: John Jones, Peter Mitchell & Kirsten Nagel

Across the fields from the New Dungeon Gill

© John Jones

Towards Stool End – will the cloud lift?

© Peter Mitchell

The Langdale Pike are fairly clear

© John Jones

Sheep Gathering at Stool End

© John Jones

At the bottom of The Band, above Stool End

© John Jones

Up The Band

© Kerstin Nagel

Pause for breath – goodness this is hard!

© Peter Mitchell

Into the clouds at the top of The Band

© Kerstin Nagel

Below the Summit of Bowfell (Bow Felled?)

© Peter Mitchell

Bowfell Buttress and Hanging Knotts

© Peter Mitchell

The Great Slab near the summit of Bowfell

© John Jones

Bowfell Summit was crowded

© John Jones

John made it (with support from Kay!)

© John Jones

Concentrate John!

© Kerstin Nagel

Pike O’Blisco and Crinkle Crags

© John Jones

Windermere from Bowfell summit

© Peter Mitchell

Langdale and the Pikes from Bowfell summit

© Peter Mitchell

Langstrath from Bowfell summit

© Peter Mitchell

Leaving the summit of Bowfell

© Peter Mitchell

Heading for Ore Gap, Esk Pike beyond

© Kerstin Nagel

Scafell from the path to Ore Gap

© Peter Mitchell

Scafell and Scafell Pike appear out of the cloud

© John Jones

Langstrath from near Ore Gap

© John Jones

Descending from Ore Gap, above Angle Tarn© John Jones

At Angle Tarn, showing the route up to the Rosset Gill descent

© John Jones

A lot of people were heading for the Scafells late in the day

© John Jones

Enjoying the view down Langdale during the decent

© John Jones

Starry Saxifrage (Saxifraga stellaris) by Rosset Gill

© Kerstin Nagel

Watching the climbers on the Langdale crags

© John Jones

That’s where we have been!

© Peter Mitchell

Dryad’s Saddle fungus near the New Dungeon Gill

© Kerstin Nagel