Dow Crag from Torver, 24th June 2012

We managed to get a last minute booking for a cottage at Water Yeat, through Coppermines Cottages based in Coniston, hoping we had made the right choice with this summer's dodgy weather. Our previous week when we were up at Pitlochry was wet for the most part. I had wanted to walk up to Dow Crag for a look prior to hopefully returning later in the year to repeat the climb/scramble (?)  up "Easy Terrace". We parked at Torver and followed the path which loosely followed Crook Gill up past the old mine workings with the flooded gravel pits, and onto the Walna Scar road, before branching off onto the path for Goat Water. At this point the weather turned (as usual this summer) leaving very few photo opportunities due to amount of water lading on us! We made our way round from the coll at the top if the well made path from Goats Water, west and then up and over (south) the summit of Dow Crag.      

Occaisionally we would get a brief gloomy glimpse down one of the big gullies (but which one???), and then it was down to rejoin the Walna Scar road, and then retrace our steps back past the mine workings down to Torver.

As is always the case, we finally saw some of Dow Crag as we we dropped down into Torver. Time for a pint!