We were too late to get a carparking spot to go up Clough Head, so it was Plan B: Raven Crag. With snow on the tops it was a shame we hadn't planned anything bigger, but a nice walk nonetheless. We went straight up the eroding path (direct route) and then up the steps to the top - returning via the meandering timber road. The closed road across the dam was fringed with some super mosses, lichens and ferns.
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| Thirlmere. |
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| Dunmail Raise in the distance. |
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| Towards Blencathra from the summit. |
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| 'Cathra's winter coat. |
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| A very 'Lakeland view' - with Skiddaw in the background. |
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| Looking across to Castle Rock. |
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| A friendly Robin. |
..and some of the lower plants of the dam wall....
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| Peltigera membranacea - there were substantial areas of this spectacular lichen. |
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| Rhizocarpon geographicum lichen blotches, Common Polypody and lichen sp (on Pine). |
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| Maidenhair Spleenwort, lichen sp, Hart's-tongue fern and Wall-rue. |
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