Start point: Patterdale (NY 394 160)
Patterdale – Side Farm – Boredale Hause – Round How – Place Fell – The Knight – Smeathwaite – Side Farm – Patterdale
Distance: 5.6 miles Total Ascent: 670 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Clearing, windy on the top. 9°C.
I continued working my way around the Far Eastern fells by walking Place Fell from Patterdale today. I found this walk relatively easy and for me the manufactured paths spoiled it; they take away the character and soul of the fells I feel – but I guess that is the price to be paid for popularity. There were lots of sunny spells this morning but the wind up there was wild.
Place Fell route map.
Angletarn Pikes and Patterdale across a new tarn (or large puddle!) crossing to Side Farm.
Casper looks the wrong way heading toward Place Fell.
Goldrill Beck.
Arnison Crag and Birks from the path to Boredale Hause.
A hint of blue sky on the characterless path climbing to Place Fell.
Looking back over Boredale Hause to Angletarn Pikes.
The summit of Place Fell is on the right, from Round How.
Ullswater and Bonscale Pike from one of the tarns below Place Fell summit. The wind was picking up now and you can see the water being blown across the tarn in this shot.
Almost at the top.
Helvellyn from Place Fell.
The view to the north-east over the summit tarn to Ullswater.
Sunshine over Glenridding. Although it looks nice and calm in this photo, I could hardly stand up it was so windy...
...as demonstrated by my able assistant behind me!
The view from The Knight.
Sunshine once more on Bleaberry Knott. On the way down from Place Fell, I managed to perform an ungracious manoeuvre when I tripped over my own feet and fell flat on my face with my arms outstretched. Lost in the process was Casper's lead, so if you find one up there you know where it belongs!
Low Birk Fell catches all the sun above Ullswater.
Great Mell Fell and Gowbarrow Park across Ullswater.
White Stones at the head of Glencoyne. The descent I used to get to the lakeside path was 'interesting' and not recommended.
I found this lovely un-named tarn in the hollow beneath Silver Crag as the weather began to brighten up and become most Spring-like.
Arnison Crag, Birks and Saint Sunday Crag on the return path to Patterdale.
Birkhouse Moor towering above Glenridding.
Glenridding Dodd.
Looking back along the path to Silver How (right).