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Buckbarrow

Walked on 20/10/2008

Start point: Greendale (NY 144 056)

Greendale – Greendale Gill – Glade How – Buckbarrow – Gill Beck- Greendale

Distance: 2.9 miles     Total Ascent: 370 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes

Weather: Overcast with a strong wind. 13ºC

Today I had a short walk up to Buckbarrow from Greendale. It was quite warm and there was the occasional but brief sunny spell. The wind was really strong on the top and I could hardly hold the camera steady at times. Before the walk I got talking to Jos Naylor, the fell running legend (the ‘King of the Fells’) who lives in these parts. He has a working dog that is part Beardie, showing the widespread use of the breed in the Lake District as sheepdogs. It was fantastic to meet the great man so it was only fitting that I should visit his cairn today too. I think old Jos had his eye on Casper to use as a working dog on the fells…

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The great view from the road into Wasdale. Buckbarrow, today's walk, is on the left.

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Sunburst over The screes from Greendale.

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Casper fancies a walk with Jos Naylor and his dogs!

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Yes, up there Casper!

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Buckbarrow.

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Autumn in Greendale.

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Looking back from the climb alongside Greendale Gill.

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Plenty of water in Greendale Gill after the rain of the weekend.

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Casper with blurry tongue, he can't keep that still.

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Middle Fell.

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Seatallan beyond the Jos Naylor cairn.

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A fine, slender column indeed.

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The view to Middle Fell from above the cairn.

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A bad hair day for Casper as the wind really gets up. It was wild on the top today.

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Red Pike from the cairn on Glade How.

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Casper faces the wind as we head to the summit of Buckbarrow.

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Seatallan, Red Pike and Middle Fell from Buckbarrow.

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It's still a bit blowy here Casper.

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The Scafells under cloud.

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Sunlight on Seatallan.

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Just as I wash sheltering beneath the cairn on Buckbarrow, I looked up and there was blue sky and the moon directly above the cairn.

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Sun on Greendale - fleetingly anyway.

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It is looking autumnal to the west from the steep descent from Buckbarrow.

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Buckbarrow and Gill Beck.

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The road back to Greendale.

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Buckbarrow from the road.

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