No. It's the one next door that's for sale.
We were in Keswick, just for the wander around rather than a reason.
After said wander, on a whim, I went round by Castlerigg Stone circle and saw, probably, the most unprepossessing view of Skiddaw I think I have ever set eyes on.
When Ah waz a lad, we'd all heard about "The four threes" (Over 3,000 feet: sounds a bit tame in mtr; though 914.40m)
Scafell, Scawfell Pike, Helvellyn and Skiddaw. (Previously referred to as "A gurt shilly heap)
NOW I find there are 7 "four threes". Methinks they're cheating, since 3 0f the seven seem to be stuck onto one of "The Four"
The ubiquitous WIKITHINGY says:-
A) Ill Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. By some counts it is the fourth highest peak in England, although many people, including Alfred Wainwright, consider it to be a subsidiary summit of Scafell Pike.
B) Broad Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. By some counts, it is the fifth highest peak in England at a height of 934 metres (3064 feet).
It forms part of the Scafell chain, and lies about 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) northeast of Scafell Pike. Ill Crag lies south east, with Great End at the end of the chain being about 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) away. Ascents
Broad Crag may be climbed en route to Scafell Pike, via a path from Esk Hause or from the route from Crinkle Crags and Bowfell.
Claims as a Fell
Broad Crag is one of very few fells in the lake District not to be given a separate chapter in Alfred Wainwright's celebrated guide books. It therefore does not qualify as a Wainwright, though it is a Hewitt and a Nuttall.
The peak of Helvellyn is the highest on the north-south ridge situated between the Thirlmere valley to the west, and Patterdale to the east. This ridge continues north over
C) Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd, Great Dodd and Clough Head, and south leads to Nethermost Pike and Dollywaggon Pike.
No Mountain Location Height(feet) Height(metres)
1 Scafell Pike Lake District - South West 3,209' 978mtr
2 Scafell Lake District - South West 3,163' 964mtr
3 Helvellyn Lake District - North East 3,117' 950mtr
4 Ill Crag Lake District - South West 3,068' 935mtr
5 Broad Crag Lake District - South West 3,064' 934mtr
6 Skiddaw Lake District - North West 3,054' 931mtr
7 Lower Man Lake District - North East 3,035' 925mtr
The peak of Helvellyn is the highest on the north-south ridge situated between the Thirlmere valley to the west, and Patterdale to the east. This ridge continues north over Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd, Great Dodd and Clough Head, and south leads to Nethermost Pike and Dollywaggon Pike.
Note to furriners and posh English news readers:- WE prefer it pronounced Scawfell, though I fear that the ubiquitous "they" may force us into Scaffell the way they changed the pronunciation which has been a soft G as Jillian & Jill all my life, into a hard G of Gillian.
I want to know if lasses are now shortened to Gill making folk think they may be a Gilbert.
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