Height: 501 metres / 1644 feet Grid reference: NY 41557 18251
Ullswater from High Dodd
High Dodd
Boredale Circuit
Start point: Sandwick (NY 423 196)
Sandwick – Beda Fell (475) – Heck Crag – Angletarn Pikes – Boredale Hause – Place Fell – High Dodd –Sleet Fell – Sandwick
Distance: 9.4 miles Total Ascent: 1300 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 20 minutes
Weather: Sunny at first, gradually worsening. 13oC.
It was lovely and sunny this morning when I set off from Sandwick for a circuit of Boredale – so much so that the legs were soon zipped off from my trousers to make the first walk in shorts this year (was it really only a month ago I was on Harter Fell in the snow?). This was Casper’s first ‘big’ walk and he seemed to cope okay, with a few tips thrown in from the master, Angus.
Beda Fell from Martindale.
Walking beside Howgrain Beck at the start of the walk.
Martindale.
Winter Crag and Beda Head.
Gowbarrow Park across Ullswater.
Looking back to Hallin Fell from the climb up to Beda Fell.
Boredale.
It's so warm today.
Winter Crag in the foreground with Hallin Fell behind, Ullswater and Little Mell Fell in view beyond from Beda Head, the summit of Beda Fell.
Enough heads for Cerberus? Casper's first Wainwright on Beda Fell and (almost!) Angus' last (not forever, only of the 214 count, of which there are 5 left).
Fairfield, Saint Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and Catstycam from Beda Fell - some stubborn snow persisting up there.
Angus has a look over Boredale to Place Fell.
The Nab across Bannerdale with the High Street ridge beyond.
Bannerdale from Heck Crag.
Cloud shadow on Beda Fell.
Angle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes southern summit.
Brothers Water from Angletarn Pikes northern and main summit.
Place Fell from the approach to Boredale Hause.
The summit of Place Fell.
A swim in Place Fell summit tarn for these two as the weather closes in.
Ullswater from High Dodd.
Beda Fell from High Dodd.
Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike at the end of the High Street ridge.
Looking back to High Dodd from Sleet Fell.
Place Fell
Start point: Sandwick (NY 423 196)
Sandwick – Low Birk Fell (425) – Bleaberry Knott on Birk Fell (426) – The Knight (427) – Place Fell (428) – High Dodd (429) – Sleet Fell (430) – Sandwick
Distance: 5.7 miles Total Ascent: 818 metres Time Taken: 2 hour 25 minutes
Weather: Sunny start, gradually clouding in. 12°C.
I travelled East again today to complete a circuit of the fells between Ullswater and Boredale, taking in Place Fell as the high point. There are fabulous views of Ullswater from here, made all the better today with the pleasant Autumn conditions.
Place Fell route map.
Gowbarrow Park across Ullswater from the Patterdale - Sandwick path.
Looking back to Hallin Fell.
Crossing Scalehow Beck.
Place Fell from the ascent of Birk Fell. The Matterhorn shape to the right is The Knight.
Ullswater from Low Birk fell.
Angus on Bleaberry Knott, the highest point of Birk Fell.
Windswept on The Knight...
...and camouflaged on the summit of Place Fell.
The tarn below the summit of Place Fell.
The descent to High Dodd.
An atmospheric look across Boredale and Beda Fell to the Far Eastern fells from High Dodd.
Looking along Boredale to Hallin Fell. Bonscale Pike is in the centre distance above Howtown and Steel Knotts is to the right.
High Dodd from Sleet Fell.