Kentmere, Yoke & Society AGM

On Saturday 21st March I went up to the Lake District for the Wainwright Society AGM at Stavelely in the afternoon. In the morning, however, I went up to Kentmere and walked up to Garburn Pass and then onto the neighbouring fell of Yoke which is 2309 feet high. The pictures below are taken throughout the day with titles below where appropriate.

The Kentmere Valley.

St. Cuthbert's Church on the hill.

First view of Yoke and the Ill Bell Ridge.

Sheepdog at Brow Top.

Weathered footpath sign.

New sign indicting the way to Garburn Pass.

The track with Yoke in the background.

Hall Gill.

Sheep shall safely graze.

Badger Rock.

First mountain biker of the day (many more to be seen later).

Piked Howes and Yoke.

Looking across to Sallows.

The long and winding road!

Castle Crag.

The Ill Bell Ridge.

Ill Bell.

Walkers with their English Setter.

Another biker.

The gate by the summit of Garburn Pass.

The track leading up to Yoke.

The flat plain below the summit with Caudale Moor in the background.

The wall is followed back down from the summit.

Looking back along the ridge.

Sheep on the lookout.

Crossing Saletarn Knotts.

Near Buck Crag looking down to Kentmere.

View back up to Yoke across Saletarn Knotts.

Stream below Buck Crag.

The newly-created zig zags.

Warning sign.

Looking across Rowntree Knott to the ridge.

Clear mountain stream.

View over Ewe Crags to the ridge.

Final view up to the ridge.

Two fell runners coming down from Garburn Pass.

Kentmere Pike in the distance.

A sudden plethora of mountain bikers.

The bottom end of Ewe Crags.

The approach to the village.

A last glimpse back up to Yoke.

St. Cuthbert's Church.

Newly born lambs below the Church.

Terry Fletcher, Editor of Cumbria magazine, our guest speaker at the AGM.

Chairman Eric Robson presents the Society Walks organiser Caroline Nicol with her honorary membership at the meeting.