Blencathra – Lakeland’s North Star
Blencathra is amongst the Lake District’s finest mountains, its public face dominated by a battalion of fell tops spread along the extensive summit ridge, whose imperious presence descends dramatically in a riot of rocky ridges, down to the buzz of vehicles on the A66 trunk road at its foot. For the motorist on this highway, it is a spectacle that provides one of England’s finest driving views. The mountain displays all its treasures in one vast shop window, which creates…