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Big Tick19 The High Street Horseshoe |
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Where Romans use to tread, and where eagles still dare, the high traverse of this route follows the ancient Roman route over these mountains. We start at the northern end of Haweswater ( a man made lake) and ascend Kidsty Pike before following the roman route over Racecourse Hill to Thornthwaite Crag. The descent to Haweswater is via Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell. High Street, the highest of the Far Eastern Fells, takes its name from the Roman road which ran across its summit, linking the fort of Galava (modern Ambleside) with Carlisle. The fell itself takes the shape of a long whale back ridge, with a summit plateau so flat that a couple of centuries ago the local dalesfolk raced horses here as part of their summer fairs. In fact, the fell is still marked Racecourse Hill on some maps, and it is not uncommon to find fell ponies grazing on its summit. |
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High Street across Haweswater |
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