The trig on High Raise
Mark and I started walking from the United Utilities car park at Steel End at 11.40 am. It was wet, with persistent rain that was heavy at times. A footpath took us up the valley of the Wyth Burn, with a mist shrouded Steel Fell to our left and Nab Crags and Castle Crags to our right. The path passed by some attractive waterfalls that were the highlight of the damp walk-in and the path disappeared in the flat, marshy upper part of the valley. We had lunch by a slope that gave some shelter from the wind but conditions did not encourage us to savour our food. After lunch we climbed up on to Greenup Edge, with views to a misty Ullscarf and down the valley we had just walked up. The rain was more intermittent by this stage, although conditions were hardly pleasant, and we reached the top of High Raise at 3.45 pm. This was marked by a trig and a stone shelter and we sat here and had a quick bite to eat. There was no view and we had hardly set any world records in our ascent. The conditions and the lateness of the hour sapped our resolve to continue over Calf Crag and Steel Fell and we descended by our route of ascent. This was more pleasant than the ascent as the rain stopped from time to time and the mist had lifted to a higher level. The valley of the Wyth Burn is wild and unfrequented by Lakeland standards and I felt regretful that the weather had spoilt a good walk. It was with some relief that we reached the car at 6.25 pm, 6.75 hours after setting out. I vowed to myself to return one day on a better day.
Ullscarf
The valley of the Wyth Burn
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