
Height: 550 metres / 1804 feet Grid reference: NY 28259 33711 Category: The Northern Fells
Height: 550 metres / 1804 feet Grid reference: NY 28259 33711 Category: The Northern Fells
Walked on
Firstly, thanks to all (the many!) who attended the book launch in Keswick and Bowness this weekend, it was great to meet so many of the StridingEdge family and I was humbled by the amount of people that had travelled from far and wide to attend the event and meet Dougal and Casper (and two blokes that have brought a book out!). Thank you.
The weather has completely turned around from my last walk with the temperatures reaching a heady 12C and the snow has completely disappeared from the fell tops now. I wasn’t expecting much from the weather but was pleasantly surprised when the weather was much brighter than expected on these rather dull fells. The wind however was biting up there and it was really quite cold on the tops.
Walked on
What a day! I passed through major rainstorms throughout the central Lake District to find it fairly clear behind Skiddaw. The tail end of Hurricane Gordon hit while we were up there today though, with very high winds and showers. Although it is usually relatively easy going, the fells being grassy and most unlike other fells in Lakeland, today the wind made the going much tougher.
The Uldale fells are known as ‘The Back o’ Skiddaw’ and are on the northernmost boundary of the Lake District. They certainly are off the beaten track and we completed this circuit without even catching sight of a single soul.
Walked on
Walked on
Longlands – Charleton Wath – Brae Fell (100) – Great Sca Fell (101) – Great Calva (102) – Knott – Meal Fell (103) – Trusmador – Great Cockup (104) – Little Sca Fell – Lowthwaite Fell – Longlands Fell (105) – Longlands