Start point: Loweswater (NY 147 214)
Loweswater – North Top of Mellbreak – South Top of Mellbreak – Mosedale – Hen Comb – Little Dodd (Loweswater) – Loweswater
Distance: 6.2 miles Total Ascent: 764m metres Time Taken: 3 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 07:30
Weather: Sunny spells. A cool wind, 12oC.
I’m still not wearing shorts and it still doesn’t seem to be getting any warmer! The wind up on Mellbreak was mighty cold today, I did contemplate hat and gloves for a while it was that bad. Still, there are always great views from here and I did have a couple of thoughts about the climb to Hen Comb. Read on to hear more…
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Hen Comb from the descent, to the lower right is the Mosedale Holly Tree. I climbed Hen Comb alongside the gully on the left of the fell in this photo (the dark diagonal line).