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High House Bank

Height: 495 metres / 1625 feet Grid reference: NY 54393 04746 Category: The Outlying Fells

A windy High House Bank

A windy High House Bank

Crookdale Horseshoe

Walked on 22/09/2005

Start point: Crookdale Bridge (NY 552 055)

Crookdale Bridge – High House Bank (408) (OF) – Robin Hood (409) (OF) – Lord’s Seat (410) (OF) – Lawyer’s Brow –  Wasdale Pike (411) (OF) –  Great Yarlside (412) (OF) – Little Yarlside (413) (OF) – What Shaw Common (414) (OF) – Crookdale Bridge

Distance: 9.1 miles     Total Ascent: 877 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours 25 minutes

Weather: Mixed – overcast with fleeting sunny intervals and quite breezy. 15°C.

Another set of Wainwright Outlying Fells today, this time the walk was on the very eastern edge of the Lake District in the Shap Fells and it takes in ‘The Wasdale Horseshoe’ and ‘The Crookdale Horseshoe’ chapters from the Outlying Fells book. It was breezy on the tops and the clouds were fleeting across the sky giving the occasional sun spot.

The Crookdale Horseshoe

The Crookdale Horseshoe route map.

Tour of Britain - 31st August 005

On the 31st August, Connie and I went to watch the cycling Tour of Britain over the Shap fells. Here Roger Hammond leads a breakaway, in the background is High House Bank (incidentally, Hammond, who rides for Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel team, went on to win the stage in Blackpool). Whilst we were waiting for the cyclists to come, I thought it would be good to walk over some of the fells in the area, so three short weeks later, I have!

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 001

Crookdale Bridge.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 003

Looking into Borrowdale (not the famous one!) from a windy High House Bank...

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 007

...very windy.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 009

A fleeting glimpse of sunshine on Robin Hood and Little Yarlside.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 011

The head of the deserted and uninhabited Borrowdale.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 016

High House Bank from Robin Hood, a single shaft of light points onto Borrowdale.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 019

The beacon (now collapsed) on Robin Hood looking to High House Bank.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 022

Great Yarlside.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 027

Angus eyes up the small cairn on Lord's Seat as the mist descends top the north over Harrop Pike and Sleddale Fell.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 036

Wasdale Pike (not the famous Wasdale).

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 043

An unusual trigonometrical survey station on Great Yarlside - a circular metal plate sunk into concrete at ground level - a bit different to the normal column type.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 046

Following the wall from Great Yarlside.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 049

Great Yarlside from the summit of Little Yarlside.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 056

They don't build cairns like this anymore. This one looks like it has been there forever on Whatshaw Common, Robin Hood behind.

The Crookdale Horseshoe - 22nd September 057

Looking back towards Great Yarlside and Little Yarlside. A forlorn Angus can't jump the fence.

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