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Kirk Fell on Lorton

Height: 438 metres / 1437 feet Grid reference: NY 17282 26560

Kirk Fell on Lorton summit

 

The Clerk and The Bishop

Walked on 14/12/2004

Start point: Thornthwaite (NY 220 264)

Thornthwaite – Barf (241) – Lord’s Seat (242) – Broom Fell (243) – Graystones (244) – Kirk Fell on Lorton (245) – Spout Gill – Brown How on Whinlatter (246) – Whinlatter Top (247) – Tarbarrel Moss (248) – Ullister Hill (249) – Seat How (Thornthwaite) (250) – Thornthwaite

Weather: Dull, overcast – gale force winds and driving rain.

Today’s walk started with a steep ascent up to Barf from Thornthwaite – I think I found out why it is called Barf going up there! The weather was absolutely atrocious – gale force winds and driving rain, especially on the exposed sections from Lord’s Seat to Broom Fell and across Whinlatter. The forest sections came as a welcome relief from the constant battering today.

Barf

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Elevation profile

Whinlatter Fells

Walked on 18/12/2003

Spout Force Car Park – Brown How on Whinlatter – Whinlatter (154) – Tarbarrel Moss – Ullister Hill – Lord’s Seat (155) – Barf (156) – Lord’s Seat – Broom Fell (157) – Graystones (158) – Kirk Fell on Lorton – Spout Force – Spout Force Car Park

A clear day, warm for the time of year.

Whinlatter

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Graystones from the Spout Force car park.

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Brown How on Whinlatter summit. L-R Grisedale Pike, Eel Crag, Sand Hill, Hobcarton Crag, Hopegill Head, Ladyside Pike, Grasmoor (in cloud), Whiteside.

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The Eastern top of Whinlatter looking toward the Skiddaw massif.

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Skiddaw from Tarbarrel Moss.

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The High Street ridge from Tarbarrel Moss.

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Lord's Seat from Ullister Hill.

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Looking to Longside Edge and Skiddaw from Lord's Seat summit.

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Broom Fell from Lord's Seat.

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Skiddaw and Longside Edge from the summit of Barf.

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Broom Fell summit cairn looking towards Skiddaw and Longside Edge.

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Whinlatter from Widow Hause.

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Broom Fell and Lord's Seat from Graystones summit with Skiddaw in the distance.

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Lorton Vale from the descent of Graystones. Mellbreak has the sunrays shining on it in the centre.

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Spout Force waterfall.

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