Thursday 8th March 2012

Start point: Brownrigg Farm  (NY 407 247)

Great Mell Fell from Brownrigg Farm

Distance: 2 miles     Total Ascent: 275 metres    Time Taken: 45 minutes     Start Time: 11:35

Weather: Dull (on many levels!). 8oC

Route Map

What can I say? Not my favourites as already documented...but I was out.

I'm looking through a hole in the sky.

The tree.

Little Mell Fell.

Matterdale.

The race to the top.

Great Mell Fell.

Do you think anyone will notice we're holding paws?

Sky.

The Dodds.

The leaning Scots Pines of Great Mell Fell. I am standing straight and I have not been on the Cumbrian Legendary Ales (yet - but think I need some to liven things up a bit).

Start point: The Hause (NY 423 235)

Little Mell Fell from The Hause

Distance: 0.7 miles     Total Ascent: 120 metres     Time Taken: 20 minutes     Start Time: 12:30

Better views from this one but I drove round to it rather than walking.

Raining on the steep climb from The Hause.

Looking across to the High Street ridge across Ullswater.

Brooding sky from higher up.

Little Mell Fell.

Place Fell.

Hallin Fell and beyond.

A view across to Sandwick and it seems to be brightening.

Ullswater.

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