Stainton Tower & Devoke Water

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Date of Walk Sunday 11th September 2005.
Start / Finish Time Start:- 10:15am / Finish:- 4:30pm (including stops).
Walk Waberthwaite--Glebe House--Dyke--Stainton Tower--Devoke Water--Boot
Distance 10.0 miles (approx).
Ramblers Group  Group "C"    Group Leader:- John Lancaster
Weather Very Warm, Sunny, Humid, Slight Breeze, Few Clouds, 18C (approx). 

 

Walk Notes

I decided for this week to have a change from the "B" walk, which was over Wastwater Screes and to Burnmoor Tarn, as I have done this myself before, I thought to join the "C" party for this Sunday. This was a walk of about 10 miles, from Waberthwaite (we then took a quick visit to Stainton Tower which has always caught my eye from the road below!) and we then walked around the lovely Devoke Water to Birkerthwaite to Boot. The walk was a very pleasant one but could have been cooler, the weather being very warm, humid and still.......there wasn't much of a breeze. Stainton Tower was supposedly used as a sort of light house for the Port at Ravenglass in days gone by and the stone tower sits on the hill at 525 feet (160m) opposite Waberthwaite. Many motorists will see it from the A595 road.

 

                                       

                                     The walk up to Stainton Tower at 525ft / 160m                                                                                             Stainton Tower

                                       

                          The view of the West Cumbrian Coast from Stainton Tower                                                    The strange mirror image of Black Combe from Stainton Tower

                                       

                                  Devoke Water with Seat How (1020ft/511m) in middle                                                                               Devoke Water and surrounding fells

                                                                         

                                                                                                                    The Village of Boot

 

 

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