Haystacks
If you only ever read one page of Wainwright, read his description of Haystacks in Book 7, The Western Fells. He loved this spot. It is rough and covered with rocky outcrops and little dew ponds (tarns) like the one in the picture. Crummock Water is visible above the tarn. The bulk to the left is High Crag, which is hiding the Buttermere Ridge. Grasmoor is to the right. Buttermere Village is in the valley beyond the two blue anoraks. I think you can see Scotland on this picture? The best way to climb Haystacks is from Buttermere via Scarth Gap. A good place to visit before you climb is the little church in Buttermere Village. One of the windows is dedicated to Mr. Wainwright, and through it you can see this fell, his favourite.
Climbed on Wednesday May 11th 2011.
Haystacks
If you only ever read one page of Wainwright, read his description of Haystacks in Book 7, The Western Fells. He loved this spot. It is rough and covered with rocky outcrops and little dew ponds (tarns) like the one in the picture. Crummock Water is visible above the tarn. The bulk to the left is High Crag, which is hiding the Buttermere Ridge. Grasmoor is to the right. Buttermere Village is in the valley beyond the two blue anoraks. I think you can see Scotland on this picture? The best way to climb Haystacks is from Buttermere via Scarth Gap. A good place to visit before you climb is the little church in Buttermere Village. One of the windows is dedicated to Mr. Wainwright, and through it you can see this fell, his favourite.
Climbed on Wednesday May 11th 2011.