Starting point: Pull-in by the entrance to Burthwaite Farm  (NY 183291)  Distance: 1.8 miles  Ascent: 637'

A walk to the summit of Ling Fell described by Wainwright as 'an isolated rounded hill on the northwest perimeter of Lakeland.' Ling Fell p. 2. 

Route: From the road head west along the Corpse Road leading up past disused shooting butts to the summit where the Skiddaw range is prominent.  Descend by a narrow path with views of Sale Fell to the northeast.  A track leads back to the starting point.

Looking back to Sale Fell on the Corpse Road

The 'hidden' Wythop valley with Skiddaw, in cloud

Higher up, Bassenthwaite comes into view

Embleton Vale looking northwest towards Cockermouth
On the horizon, the Scottish hills are visible across the Solway Firth

One of a line of disused shooting butts (happily in ruins) as AW writes!

Shooting butts

The sun on Binsey

The trig point at the summit of Ling Fell

The Ullock Pike ridge is a fine route to the summit of Skiddaw

The northwestern fells with Grisedale Pike prominent above the distant line of trees

Looking southwest to the Loweswater fells

The summit cairn on Ling Fell

Another view of Binsey bathed in the evening sun

Wythop Moss seen on the descent
A notoriously wet crossing can be made as an ascent route of Graystones (to the right of the trees)

At last, the sun lights up Sale Fell!

Sale Fell in autumn colours

Ling Fell as seen from the road near Beck House farm

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Photographs taken with a Fuji MX-2900 Zoom or a Canon EOS 20D
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