Phil and Jo Fletcher-Lee

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Walks at the moment: We are trying to finish the Birketts, just 30 left out of 541 including Pillar Rock as the finale. Finished the Wainwrights in 2013, last one Slight Side. We enjoy walking in the Yorkshire dales, having done most of the 2,000ers in the old boundaries that was once North Riding and interested in the Nuttalls - keep adding the lists. Welsh 3,000 also lots of good stuff to do in Scotland - plenty of summits2do MAIN BLOG PICTURES PLEASE CLICK TO ENLARGE ALSO CLICK OLDER BLOGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR PREVIOUS YEARLY POSTINGS

Friday, 11 September 2015

500th BIRKETT, WHITE PIKE, DOW CRAG GROUP

At long last we made our 500th Birkett, we pulled in Walna Scar just after this so our final tally to finish all the Birketts is 40 including Pillar Rock which we hope to be our final one. We had travelled over on Thursday night to grab the good weather and had a good stay over at Elterwater Hostel - excellent, highly recommended. Having parked in Torver we ascended High Park haw first then picked our way through the rocks at the side of Dropping Crag and followed the wall to the summit of White Maiden. The weather was improving all the time but the wind was intense - jowl wobbling! After a photo call on White Pike our 500th we crossed over to Walna Scar then the road and straight down back across High Torver Common.
 
High Pike Haw
 
White Maiden, or in this case red
Self-timer for the big 500th Birkett


Brown Pike and Buck Pike from Walna Scar Road


 
 
 

 
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