Scale Force - highest water fall in Lake District

We hiked to see Scale force waterfall situated  in Cockermouth on the 27th of August. Scale force's name "force" derived from Norse term for waterfall. It's about 170 feet tall (around 51.8 meters) and originate from stream Scale beck. It took us about 2 hours to walk there.

When I was very young I remember walking long and hard path through a forest to  see Duninda Waterfall in Sri Lanka. That was in the seventies.  Sheer force of the water from Dunhinda was amusingly beautiful. It's about 60 meters high and 10 meters higher than the Scale force. Sri lanka's tallest water fall is Bambarakanda which is 260 meters tall and around 5 times higher than the scale force. 

As you can see the walk to see scale force was beautiful because of the surrounding mountains and the lake below in the valley.

In my point of view there is no point of scolding at people to save nature and environment. No point of posting hundreds of facebook posts to stop people and politicians destroying the forests and wild life. You have to show the people how to enjoy the nature. Those people who enjoy the nature will love the nature and  would not destroy it.

The Langdale Pike and Pavey Ark Walk

On Wednesday, August the 26th , my wife , d two daughters and I set out on our first trek at lake district. Our challenge was Gretel Landell walk. This trip takes you to several mountain peaks. Pave Arc, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Craig and Pickle of Stickle. Also, when you go to the part called Pave Arc, there is a very beautiful natural lake at the top.

These mountains are not so high. The Landell pike is about 736 meters (2415 feet). It takes about five or six hours to pass the Pave Arc, Harrison Stickle and descend to the valley below. The total distance is 12 km. At these twelve meters, there are several very steep slopes of about 150 meters. These are a little hard to climb. 

Throughout this journey a you can see a beautiful stream flows down. You have to cross it in one place jumping  over big rocks. There is a place where the water falls hard. If the foot slips,you  will fell down to the stream.

The lovely stream starts from the lake above. It took us almost six and a half hours because I was climbing down  little slower. But from the top of the mountain, you can see the beautiful valley below.

Height Gained – 730  metres ,  Distance – 12 km, Time –5 hours

The Langdale Pikes form the unmistakable skyline of Langdale and a walk along the Wainwrights of Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Crag, Loft Crag and Pike of Stickle is a must do excursion for any fell walker visiting this valley.