Start point: Dobgill (NY 316 140)
Dobgill – Harrop Tarn – Wythburn Fells – Wythburn Fell – Ullscarf – Standing Crag – Harrop Tarn – Dobgill
Distance: 5.5 miles Total Ascent: 573 metres Time Taken: 3 hours
Weather: Sunny and warm, becoming overcast with a stiff breeze on the tops. 23º.
Ullscarf wasn’t really on the agenda today but I ended up there as I wanted a walk that would be quiet and away from the crowds and also somewhere with a stretch of water so that I could have a swim if required on such a hot day. This walk fulfilled both of these requirements and this was a decent walk despite the weather closing in on the latter half.
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Harrop Tarn and Tarn Crags. The tarn is looking really shrunken after the dry weather, reduced to half its normal size I would say.
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Once at the summit of Ullscarf, conditions started to change as the cloud started to gather over the high fells to the west, here looking towards Great Gable.