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Cartmel Fell

Walked on 08/11/2008

Start point: Cartmel Fell road (SD 414 880)

Cartmel Fell road – Cartmel Fell (Raven’s Barrow) (OF) – Heights Cottage – Middle Tarn – Sow How Tarn – Cartmel Fell road

Distance: 2.2 miles     Total Ascent: 125 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour

Weather: Overcast. 10oC.

I had a short walk this afternoon with a relatively easy, if muddy, climb to Cartmel Fell and a visit to a couple of tarns in this largely ignored corner of the lakes. Its position off the beaten track means that it takes a determined effort to get to and that it remains a largely peaceful area – I can hardly believe it is over 4 years since I was last up there.

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Whoa! Easy boy! Casper shows the way to climb the stile that marks the start of the walk to Cartmel Fell.

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Looking across the Winster Valley to Whitbarrow Scar.

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The northern end of Whitbarrow Scar and the Winster Valley.

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Casper finds the perfect use for the monument on Raven's Barrow, the summit of Cartmel Fell.

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Raven's Barrow.

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Looking north across Bowland Bridge from Raven's Barrow, the views to the high fells are obliterated by low lying cloud.

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Sunburst over Gummer's How.

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The Kent Estuary to the south, Arnside Knott in view.

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Heights Cottage.

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Middle Tarn.

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The boathouse on Sow How Tarn.

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Autumn at Sow How Tarn.

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This pair of inquisitive swans came over to see what we were doing.

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The dam on Sow How Tarn.

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The outlet of the tarn. Later...

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It has a Christmas feel in Love the Lakes now.

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