Height: 378 metres / 1240 feet Grid reference: NY 42286 18889

High Dodd from Sleet Fell
Height: 378 metres / 1240 feet Grid reference: NY 42286 18889
High Dodd from Sleet Fell
Walked on
Start point: Sandwick (NY 423 196)
Sandwick – Beda Fell (475) – Heck Crag – Angletarn Pikes – Boredale Hause – Place Fell – High Dodd –Sleet Fell – Sandwick
Distance: 9.4 miles Total Ascent: 1300 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 20 minutes
Weather: Sunny at first, gradually worsening. 13oC.
It was lovely and sunny this morning when I set off from Sandwick for a circuit of Boredale – so much so that the legs were soon zipped off from my trousers to make the first walk in shorts this year (was it really only a month ago I was on Harter Fell in the snow?). This was Casper’s first ‘big’ walk and he seemed to cope okay, with a few tips thrown in from the master, Angus.
Winter Crag in the foreground with Hallin Fell behind, Ullswater and Little Mell Fell in view beyond from Beda Head, the summit of Beda Fell.
Enough heads for Cerberus? Casper's first Wainwright on Beda Fell and (almost!) Angus' last (not forever, only of the 214 count, of which there are 5 left).
Walked on
Start point: Sandwick (NY 423 196)
Sandwick – Low Birk Fell (425) – Bleaberry Knott on Birk Fell (426) – The Knight (427) – Place Fell (428) – High Dodd (429) – Sleet Fell (430) – Sandwick
Distance: 5.7 miles Total Ascent: 818 metres Time Taken: 2 hour 25 minutes
Weather: Sunny start, gradually clouding in. 12°C.
I travelled East again today to complete a circuit of the fells between Ullswater and Boredale, taking in Place Fell as the high point. There are fabulous views of Ullswater from here, made all the better today with the pleasant Autumn conditions.