Great Cockup from the grouse butts

I'm never sure whether these things are just a glitch in the system somewhere or deliberately aimed at gulling people in too much of a hurry to read the figures. I generally prefer the cockup theory over the conspiracy one.

Larch plantation?

Summit cairn on Great Cockup looking towards Skiddaw

Rock on the edge.

Note added 8.06.14: in the distance you can see a track along the side of the hill. This is the one that leads up to Dash Falls, Skiddaw House and, eventually, Threlkeld, on the other side of the Skiddaw Massif.

Fom part way up Great Cockup

We headed up with the view of Skiddaw in front of us

A lovely sunny and frosty morning greeted us when we opened the curtains

I like looking down on trees.

Plenty of snow still clinging on up here.

Looking southwest towards Dead Crags, Bakestall and the Skiddaw massif, on the ascent of Great Cockup.

Looking north west towards Longlands Fell, Brae Fell and Great Sca Fell from Great Cockup.

Binsey and Over Water seen from Great Cockup. In the distance is the Solway and Scotland

The beautifully named bridge serves to link farms to the agricultural Fenlands, although a fixed bridge has been planned it is yet to be built

Olympus digital camera

A pleasant descent down the ghyll

The view towards Little Calva, Dead Crags & the Skiddaw massif from Great Cockup.