- higher fells-
Scafell Pike
Brown Tongue box-tickers
and Corridor connoisseurs
meet at England’s top
Scafell
west bank of Eskdale–
a summit brings a warning . . .
don’t leave by Broad Stand!
Helvellyn
a cross-walled shelter
and a summit landing strip
–well worth striding up
Skiddaw
Keswick’s sentinel–
a pyramid from the south–
plateau from the west
Great End
gullied, shadowed face–
a stroll from Lakeland's crossroads–
Scafell's range curtailed
Bowfell
angled slab of rock–
no golf played upon these Links–
perfect summit views
Great Gable
a girdle enrobes
pyramidal pulchritude–
icon of the Park
Pillar
a benign summit . . .
its Rock a climber’s fancy–
Liza’s high bulwark
Catstyecam
the end of an edge–
viewed from Helvellyn’s summit–
belies its fine shape
Raise
on a north-south ridge . . .
sometime winter sports resort
with a rocky top
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Fairfield
a horseshoe’s zenith
exits north, south, east and west–
but take a compass
Blencathra (Saddleback)
multiple ascents
up ridge or edge to summit–
a cross close nearby
Skiddaw Little Man
the name says smaller–
from Keswick it seems taller . . .
a trick of the eye
Crinkle Crags
five summits in one–
take a long stop at Long Top–
'Lakeland’s best ridge mile'
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Grasmoor
of lesser renown–
one of Lakeland’s major peaks
might be too remote?
Scoat Fell
one mountain or two?
and if two, how contrary–
the Great is lower!
St Sunday Crag
a thousand foot fall
awaits the careless viewer
of Helvellyn’s range
Crag Hill
can be climbed by Sail–
hub of the north-western fells–
‘Eel Crag’ to die-hards!
High Street
lofty thoroughfare–
the Romans built their roads straight . . .
not a care for height
Red Pike (Wasdale)
one of two so named–
this one has a place to sit–
beware of the brink
Steeple
outpost of Scoat Fell–
yet perfecting Ennerdale–
its north ridge well won
High Stile
dividing two combes–
highest of a trinity–
shielding Buttermere