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Lords Seat

Date ... Saturday, 10 March 2007
Distance ... 6.0 miles
Ascent ... 1730 feet
Time ... 3 hours 0 mins
Summits ... Lords Seat - 1811' (aw146)
Broom Fell - 1670' (aw167)
Barf - 1536' (aw184)
Start ... Whinlatter Visitor Centre (NY207 244) - pay+display car parking
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº6 - The North Western Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 0718140672)


Grisedale Pike seen from the forest above the visitor centre

Grisedale Pike seen from the forest above the visitor centre

Barf with Skiddaw in cloud behind, seen from Ullister Hill

Barf with Skiddaw in cloud behind, seen from Ullister Hill

The Grisedale Pike Group seen from Ullister Hill

The Grisedale Pike Group seen from Ullister Hill

Sheena and Tim on Lord's Seat, with Broom Hill behind

Sheena and Tim on Lord's Seat, with Broom Hill behind

The summit of Lord's Seat, with Binsey in the distance

The summit of Lord's Seat, with Binsey in the distance

Barf, as seen from Lord's Seat

Barf, as seen from Lord's Seat

Broom Hill, and the connecting ridge, as seen from the summit of Lord's Seat

Broom Hill, and the connecting ridge, as seen from the summit of Lord's Seat

Looking back along the ridge to Lord's Seat

Looking back along the ridge to Lord's Seat

Sheena and Tim on Barf

Sheena and Tim on Barf

The head of Bassenthwaite Lake and Dodd, from the summit of Barf

The head of Bassenthwaite Lake and Dodd, from the summit of Barf

Another view of the head of Bassenthwaite Lake and Dodd as seen from Beckstones Gill

Another view of the head of Bassenthwaite Lake and Dodd as seen from Beckstones Gill

Barf, seen from Beckstones Gill

Barf, seen from Beckstones Gill

Grisedale Pike, seen as we walked back the visitor centre along the tracks

Grisedale Pike, seen as we walked back the visitor centre along the tracks