Great Calva

A glorious day and at long last, another Wainwright....good to be out in the sunshine! We found a better path to go up...too late as we spotted it from the summit - but details are in the photo captions.

The path up to Dash Falls.

Plenty of water in the beck...

Looking back to Binsey.

The back of Blencathra.

And looking up to Great Calva. The path that goes up beside Dead Beck was quite eroded, peaty and damp.

Cracking views ...

...into Central Lakes.

The top...

We came down a different way - from the top you could see a path that would clearly intersect the track to Skiddaw House, a bit further on than the one we went up. This was much nicer and less eroded. The photo shows where it goes up Great Calva...basically if you go past the usual path at Dead Beck and carry on a couple of hundred yards there is a small pile of stones marking the path ....

Heading down to Skiddaw House from where the path heads off on the left.

Looking back at the summit.

Dash Beck ... almost in the sunshine.