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Holme Fell

Walked on 14/03/2005

Start point: Hodge Close (NY 315 016)

Holme Fell from Hodge Close

Distance: 1.8 miles     Total Ascent: 203 metres     Time Taken: 40 minutes

Weather: Overcast with hail and rain showers.

A short walk up to Holme Fell from Hodge Close today; there are great views of The Langdale Pikes and Coniston Water from here. The skies were murky and threatening ‘weather’ but we managed to get down before the worst. Hodge Close is an intriguing place; it is a disused quarry that warrants closer inspection and its deep chasm holds relics of an industrial past.

Holme Fell

Holme Fell route map.

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The approach to Holme Fell from the north.

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Wetherlam from the summit.

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Coniston Water.

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The Langdale Pikes.

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One of the disused reservoirs on the slopes of Holme Fell.

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Hodge Close, a disused quarry...

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...with cobalt blue water at the bottom of the deep hole.

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Two great arches, the entrance to the hole....

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...nice for a swim.

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'Hodge Close'.

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