Date: Saturday 17th August 2024
Company: Myself and Ann-Marie
Distance: 3.9km, Ascent: 314m
Time: 1Hr 25Mins
Having ascended Steel Knotts yesterday, but failed to ascend its neighbour Beda Head, we returned to the eastern lakes today to ascend Beda Head.
For our ascent of Beda Head, we again parked beside the Old Church of St Martins.
Route:
We walked a few hundred metres along the road before commencing our ascent.
Howstead Brow:
View from Christy Bridge:
The ascent onto the ridge was via bracken jungle. The path is decent enough but there is considerable brushing against bracken during the ascent and descent so worth checking yourself for ticks afterwards.
Start of ascent up through the bracken:
Ascent through the bracken jungle:
Once onto the ridge, we made our way along to Beda Head.
Onto the ridge:
Today's walk was again sponsored by Ibuprofen and Paracetomol. My pace was much slower than normal.
Ascend towards Beda Head:
Looking back towards Ullswater:
View towards the first cairn:
As there were several bumps, and we were not sure which was highest, we visited them all. I also checked the Database of British Hills which suggests the cairn is the summit.
Ullswater from the summit of Beda Head:
Looking across to Steel Knotts ascended the day previous:
From the summit, we returned to the car via the same route.