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Stoneside Hill

Height: 422 metres / 1384 feet Grid reference: SD 14587 89263

Looking towards the west Cumbrian coast from Stoneside Hill summit

Looking towards the west Cumbrian coast from Stoneside Hill summit

Swinside Fell

Walked on 09/08/2006

Start point: Corney Fell road (SD 150 896)Corney Fell road – Stoneside Hill – Charity Chair – Stoupdale Head (OF) – Black Crag – Raven Crag – Corney Fell road

Distance: 4.5 miles     Total Ascent: 300 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours

Weather: Grey, overcast and windy. 13oC.

It was a grey start to the day again today with plenty of rain and fast moving clouds around. I decided to stay relatively low and visit a pretty much unfrequented area to the south of the Corney Fell road, Swinside Fell. This was a really boggy route and quite hard going with only occasional, fleeting views of anything – and it felt so cold, almost (dare I say it?) Autumnal…

01 Swinside Fell

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We couldn't see a thing in the mist on Stoneside Hill.

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The mist suddenly clears for a while looking over to Hentoe Hill and Black Combe.

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Charity Chair.

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Looking back to Stoneside Hill, now out of the mist.

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Plenty of bogs to roll in around here Casper!

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The mist rolled back in again all the way to Stoupdale Head but suddenly cleared again at Derry, looking along Whicham Beck.

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It's a bit windy up here!

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Yep!

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Knott Hill and the Duddon Estuary from Black Crag.

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A panoramic view from Raven Crag - Swinside Farm below with Swinside Stone Circle, centre, and Knott Hill.

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Something's going on in the Circle.

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A storm brewing on the Coniston fells.

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Couldn't see this at the start of the walk - the route to Stoneside Hill.

Stoneside Pike

Walked on 20/12/2004

Start point: Corney Fell road (SD 150 896)

Corney Fell road – Stoneside Hill (251) – Great Paddy Crag – Buck Barrow – Kinmont Buck Barrow – Corney Fell road and then Burney (OF)

Weather: Overcast, cold.

Today’s walk was a short one from the Corney Fell road – no views whatsoever from any of the peaks visited, in complete contrast to the weather round here yesterday.

Stoneside Hill

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Stoneside Hill from the Corney Fell road.

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Looking towards the west Cumbrian coast from Stoneside Hill summit.

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Which way down from Buck Barrow? On the way home, I could see the clouds hanging in the Crake valley - it was worth a short ascent to Wainwright Outlying fell Burney for a better view.

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Beacon Fell to the left and the clouds forming in the Crake Valley.

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The southern end of the Crake Valley.

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The Duddon Estuary.

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Windmills on Kirkby Moor from Great Burney.

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Stoneside Hill 3D

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