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Rannerdale Round

Walked on 09/05/2008

Start point: Rannerdale Bridge (NY 163 192)

Rannerdale Bridge – Lad Hows (534) – Grasmoor – Crag Hill – Wandope – Thirdgill Head Man – Whiteless Pike – Whiteless Breast – Low Bank – Rannerdale Knotts – Rannerdale Bridge

Distance: 7.5 miles     Total Ascent: 1080 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours 30 minutes

Weather: Dull with showers. 19ºC.

There were two reasons to come to Buttermere today – to walk the Lad Hows ridge to Grasmoor and to see the Rannerdale Bluebells out in force. A third reason was that it has been warm and sunny all week, surely there would be more of the same today, or would there? I thought so as I headed off in shorts and tee shirt with plenty of sun block on…

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Grasmoor from Cinderdale Common.

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Cinderdale Beck.

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Rannerdale Knotts from the start of the climb to Lad Hows.

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Casper manages to keep still whilst the water flows around him in Cinderdale Beck.

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Mellbreak across Crummock Water.

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High Stile and Red Pike beyond Rannerdale Knotts.

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Casper on Lad Hows.

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The climb to Grasmoor from Lad Hows.

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Layers of fells - the Scafells beyond Great Gable and Robinson beyond Whiteless Pike.

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Buttermere from Grasmoor.

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Heading for Crag Hill from Grasmoor in an odd light. The path appears continuous from here but actually dips sharply down at the point.

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Thirdgill Head Man and Whiteless Pike from Grasmoor.

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The summit of Crag Hill.

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Casper spots the rain coming in from Keswick.

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That'll wash the sun block off! Derwent Water between Outerside, Barrow and Causey Pike

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Descending to Wandope.

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Grasmoor from Wandope.

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The view from Wandope looking over Newlands Hause.

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It was bucketing down with rain now descending Whiteless Edge to Whiteless Pike from Thirdgill Head Man.

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Crummock Water and Loweswater from the descent.

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Great Gable, Pillar and Haystacks across Buttermere.

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High Stile from Rannerdale Knotts.

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Mellbreak across Crummock Water from the desecnt of Rannerdale Knotts.

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Heading into Rannerdale.

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All Bluebells are blue.

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Mellbreak and Rannerdale.

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Casper in Bluebell city.

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