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Glaramara

Walked on 26/06/2007

Start point: Strands Bridge (NY 249 135)

Strands Bridge – Thorneythwaite Farm – Seathwaite – Stockley Bridge – Seathwaite Fell – Great Slack on Seathwaite Fell – Sprinkling Tarn –Allen Crags – High House on Allen Crags – Lincomb Head on Glaramara – Looking Stead on Glaramara – Glaramara – Combe Head –Stonethwaite Fell – Rosthwaite Cam on Rosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot on Rosthwaite Fell – Strands Bridge

Distance: 9 miles     Total Ascent: 1025 metres     Time Taken: 4 hour 30 minutes

Weather: Overcast with sunny spells. 15oC.

At least it was dry today but there was really rather a chilly wind on the tops today; it felt more like Autumn than summer. I parked at Strands Bridge this morning rather than the more popular Seathwaite, preferring to do the flat section first rather than last as I find it makes a good warm-up and the alternative car parking place was a lot quieter. Casper’s fame must be widening too as we were recognised by a party of walkers on Combe Head who were big StridingEdge fans – sorry, no Angus today!

Glaramara

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Is this the right way? Following the Allerdale Ramble to Seathwaite from Strands Bridge, Base Brown ahead.

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Base Brown looming large over Seathwaite.

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Seathwaite Fell ahead.

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Stockley Bridge.

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Allen Crags along Grains.

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Borrowdale from the steep climb to Seathwaite Fell.

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Glaramara from Aaron Crags. The great cleft is Red Beck.

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Great Gable from the Wainwright summit of Seathwaite Fell.

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Looking north from Seathwaite Fell with a glimpse of Derwent Water.

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Casper has a dip in the summit tarn on Seathwaite Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable beyond.

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Great Gable.

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Lingmell with the vertical Piers Gill clearly visible.

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Casper on Great Slack, the highest and true summit of Seathwaite Fell with Great End behind.

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Reflected Great End.

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A peep into Wasdale - Yewbarrow with Seatallan behind and Red Pike right.

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Bow Fell and Esk Pike from Allen Crags.

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The Gables over Sprinkling Tarn, Pillar distant centre left.

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The Langdale Pikes and Windermere.

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Casper checks out the way ahead to Glaramara from Allen Crags.

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The Glaramara ridge.

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Harrison Stickle and Pike o' Stickle.

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Bow Fell.

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Great End.

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Bow Fell and Esk Pike from Lincomb Head.

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Seathwaite Fell with Great and Green Gable behind.

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Looking over to the north-western fells.

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Skiddaw, Blencathra and Derwent Water from the summit of Glaramara.

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The Combe and Rosthwaite Fell from Combe Head.

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The rocky turret of Rosthwaite Cam.

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Fleetwith Pike from Rosthwaite Cam.

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Great Gable with one or two people on the top by the look of it.

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The sunshine lights up Bessyboot and Tarn at Leaves from Rosthwaite Cam.

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Tarn at Leaves. Bessyboot, the summit of Rosthwaite Fell is beyond the tarn to the left.

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Fleetwith Pike and High Stile from Bessyboot.

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Falls on Combe Gill.

Glaramara

Walked on 25/04/2005

Start point: The head of Seathwaite valley (NY 236 123)

Seathwaite – Stockley Bridge – Seathwaite Fell (333) – Great Slack on Seathwaite Fell (334) – Sprinkling Tarn – Allen Crags (335) – High House on Allen Crags (336) – Lincomb Head on Glaramara (337) – Looking Stead on Glaramara(338) –  Glaramara (339) –  Seathwaite

Distance: 7.5 miles     Total Ascent: 1092 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours 40 minutes

Weather: Warm and hazy, 13-20oC.

Today’s walk is another great one along that undulating, rocky ridge of Glaramara. The walk started and finished steeply with a harsh climb up to Seathwaite Fell and a straight down descent from Glaramara.

The sun shone brightly today with temperature reaching a heady 20oC with only a slightly cool breeze reminding me that it is still early on. However, this was the first airing of the year for my Lily-white, winter conditioned legs in shorts – a nice feeling – and the whole walk was completed in shorts and tee shirt only.

Glaramara

Glaramara route map.

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Seathwaite fell from the path to Stockley Bridge.

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Glaramara from Seathwaite Fell whilst Angus finds a puddle to wallow in.

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Great Gable and Green Gable across one of the many summit tarns on Seathwaite Fell. Can you spot the duck?

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Seathwaite Fell main summit from Great Slack.

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Lingmell from Great Slack.

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Great End from Allen Crags.

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Bow Fell across AW's 'a perfect mountain tarn' on High House.

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High House Tarn, the Langdale Pikes in view to the right.

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Looking back to High House over Lincomb Tarns from Lincomb Head.

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The main summit of Glaramara from Looking Stead, where Angus takes a break...

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The hazy view from Glaramara.

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Looking back from Seathwaite, the Glaramara ridge to the left, Seathwaite Fell on the right.

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