The most south-easterly fells in the Lake District are little over an hour’s drive from home, so a period of good weather combined with longer daylight hours tempted me to make an after work dash to Kentmere to tick a couple of Outlying Fells.
Green Quarter sits a little above Kentmere and has easy access to Hollow Moor. The track leads to open fellside which had a number of recently dug channels, presumably to drain some of the boggy ground. Wainwright’s unnamed lower summit of Green Quarter Fell is reached easily, if you have long enough legs to negotiate the barbed wire fence !
It is from the felltop that the view of upper Kentmere and its horseshoe draw the eye, making you wish you were amongst the tops of the higher fells. Quite often the best views of the high fells are from the lesser heights, of which this vista is a superb example. The view south towards Morecambe Bay, with Heysham power station sat in an island of sunlight this evening, adds to the enjoyment of the deserted summit.
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| Heyhsam nuclear power station |
The linking ridge to the higher Hollow Moor summit made for an excellent evening promenade. The views to upper Kentmere remained and continued to draw the eye, as did the old triangular stone gatepost which ostensibly marked the summit. This was beyond the 426 metre spot height and just beyond a mound that I felt was very slightly higher. With my untrained eye, I was unsure where the summit lies exactly, but I visited all three points so I’m confident that I stood on the actual summit.
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| Upper Kentmere from Hollow Moor |
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