Cathedral Quarry, Little Langdale

Cathedral Quarries (AKA Little Langdale Quarries ) are a series of 19th-century abandoned Lake District slate mines near Ambleside. The site features a 40-foot-high, man-made cavern with a central pillar, accessible via tunnels. 

The quarry's main attraction, 'The Cathedral', is a high main chamber 40 feet high, lit by two windows with a huge rock pillar supporting the roof. 

Nearby is Slater's Bridge which dates back to the 17th century, and became a listed building in 1967. Built of slate, it consists of a 15-foot segmental arch and a flatter span built of slabs, and incorporates a natural boulder in midstream. The bridge is thought to have been created by miners working nearby.

Below Illgill Head

 A short stroll along the lake shore below Illgill head. 

Climbing Scafell Pike from Wasdale

Along with several hundred others, I climbed Scafell Pike from Wasdale via the Hollow Stones Path, with a slight detour to also take in the summit of Lingmell Fell.

Lingmell Fell is 807m above sea level and Scafell Pike, as England's highest mountain, is 978m. The detour up Lingmell added an extra 80m to my total climb, having started from the base at 60m.

The rugged summit of Scafell Pike was shaped by glacial erosion of the Last Glacial Maximum (c. 20 kya), during which the Lake District was overlain by ice sheets with thicknesses of several kilometers.

Views include across Wast water, Styhead Tarn and over to Borrowdale, Derwent Water & Keswick in the north, a glimpse of the head of Lake Windermere and down to upper Eskdale.