![](photos/cooltext469607094.png) | A Lake District Classic Great Gable Tuesday 29th April 2013
| ![](photos/cooltext469491849.png) | A
Classic Lake District walk from Honister slate mine to the fabulous
Great Gable, taking in Grey Knotts, Brandreth, and Green Gable along
the way. | ![](photos/great_gable-002.jpg) Starting the climb to Grey Knotts
![](photos/great_gable-004.jpg) Tony, taking a breather !!
![](photos/great_gable-012.jpg) Still Snow on the mountain tops...and it's MAY tomorrow !!!!
![](photos/great_gable-013.jpg) The first view of Great Gable and from here it looked very high and a long way away.
![](photos/great_gable-014.jpg) Tony on the 1st summit, Grey Knotts
![](photos/great_gable-015.jpg) Me on the same summit, don't why he zoomed in !!!
![](photos/great_gable-017.jpg) The views up here are amazing
![](photos/great_gable-018.jpg) Summit 2, Breandreth
![](photos/great_gable-020.jpg) Me, on Brandreth with Great Gable in the background
![](photos/great_gable-023.jpg) One of the many Tarns up here.
![](photos/great_gable-026.jpg) Just a great Lake District view
![](photos/great_gable-027.jpg) Ennerdale makes a distant appearance
![](photos/great_gable-032.jpg) The Ennerdale Valley
![](photos/great_gable-033.jpg) To the right of the Ennerdale Valley on the other side of Haystacks is Buttermere and Crummock Water
![](photos/great_gable-035.jpg) Kirk Fell, we planned to go there today but didn't quite make it
![](photos/great_gable-036.jpg) Tony on Green Gable, with the daunting prospect of Great Gable to come
![](photos/great_gable-038.jpg) Me at the same place with Kirk Fell in the background
![](photos/great_gable-039.jpg) From Green Gable we had to descend into Windy Gap before the big climb to Great Gable
![](photos/great_gable-040.jpg) And a big climb it is
![](photos/great_gable-042.jpg) Steep and hard work
![](photos/great_gable-043.jpg) But the view from the summit is worth it.
![](photos/great_gable-044.jpg) Just fantastic views in every direction
![](photos/great_gable-050.jpg) Wasdale, England's deepest lake
![](photos/great_gable-056.jpg) The war memorial at the summit
![](photos/great_gable-058.jpg) looking over Kirk Fell
![](photos/great_gable-064.jpg) Haystacks and High Stile
![](photos/great_gable-065.jpg) looking towards Ennedale
![](photos/great_gable-068.jpg) Ennerdale
![](photos/great_gable-071.jpg) After the descent, Great Gable behind us.
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![](photos/great_gable-073.jpg) The last view of Buttermere before we descend back to the car.
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| ![](photos/cooltext469607094.png) | Tuesday 29th April 2013 | ![](photos/cooltext469491849.png) |
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