Tag: cirque
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Addacombe Hole
A last look back at the cove and the ruined sheepfold where I had spent the night. Addacombe Hole is really the most spectacular hanging valley. Between Crag Hill and Wandope, it is steep semi-circle of broken sides of crags and scree with a flatish bottom, and a moraine hiding an exceedingly sharp descent to…
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Bowscale Tarn
Cirques are giant hollows scooped out of the fellside by glacial ice. They are typically referred to as corries in Scotland, as cwms in Wales and more often as coves or combs in the Lake District. But the cirque in which Bowscale Tarn sits is un-named despite it being arguably the best example of a…