As we drove along the promenade at Morecambe on our way to the Lakes we could see that we would be in for a lovely day. For the first time in a few days the views across the bay were a lot clearer. We left the car on the roadside near Brown Howe on the shores of Coniston. There is a pay and display car park there if you want to pay £6.00 for the pleasure. From the car we made our way first to the summit of Beacon Fell to find the "treasure chest" left there by Connie McMahon and her parents. After signing the book and making a repair to the "treasure chest" itself we made our way to the summit of Wool Knott for our "butty stop". We then made our way down to pick up the Cumbria Way at the side of Beacon Tarn before diverting to Yew Bank our final summit of the day. From Yew Bank we made our way back to the car.

We left the car at the roadside near Brown Howe.

Although we didn't use the pay and display car park at Brown Howe we did walk down to the waterside there to get this view looking up Coniston Water

We then walked up the lane towards Stable Harvey.

Just before the end of the lane we took a path that would lead us to Beacon Fell.

As we gained a little height I thought this still well laden holly tree would make a good foreground to the Coniston Fells.

A close up of Coniston Old Man......The Coniston Fells would dominate our views today

Brown Pike, Buck Pike and Dow Crag.

Coniston Water comes into view as we gain more height

AW's "rocky gully"....Outlying Fells of Lakeland ...Page 100

Looking down the "rocky gully" to Coniston Water with the Helvellyn, Fairfield and High Street fells in the far distance

...and in close-up.

Beacon Fell summit with the Coniston Fells behind. .....Spot the "Treasure Chest"?.......On the right near the bottom the blue plastic box.

Please sign the log book inside and return the box to its place at the base of the cairn. Regular readers will know that it was Sean McMahon who first persuaded me to start this website and then via many e_mails helped me set it up.

The bottom of the box was cracked and split so we patched it up as best we could using Micro-Tape

After filling in the log book Edith spent a little while reading the entries.

Black Combe from Beacon Fell

Caw from Beacon Fell

Coniston and Wetherlam

Looking S'wards into the sun with the Heysham Power Stations in the far distance

On our way to Wool Knott with Beacon Tarn below

Beacon Tarn

Reflections

There were a number of people about by now and any dogs were soon in the water

We are right at the south end of the tarn here and ready to climb up to Wool Knott

Looking down on Beacon Tarn with Beacon Fell behind as we make our way up Wool Knott.

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