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Riggindale Round

Walked on 14/06/2010

Start point: Mardale Head (NY 469 107)

Mardale Head – Blea Water – Caspel Gate – Long Stile – High Street – Straits of Riggindale – Rampsgill Head – Kidsty Pike – Kidsty Howes – The Rigg – Mardale Head

Distance: 6.2 miles     Total Ascent: 735 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours     Start Time: 07:00

Weather: Overcast and cold. 11C

The sunshine and optimism of an early start soon disappeared this morning with the bulk of fells being covered in cloud. I walked a round of Riggindale waiting for the summer to make a reappearance but was disappointed that it never happened, I was ready for it too with my shorts on…and of course my hat and gloves! No sign of the Golden Eagle today either although I did have a good look.

Riggindale

Riggindale route map.

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Looking towards Mardale Waters at the start of the walk.

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Harter Fell beyond Mardale Beck.

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Mardale beck falls.

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It was murky and claggy on all the tops today.

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Piot Crag with an old sheepfold in the foreground.

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This is shown as a footbridge on the map although I wouldn't fancy chancing it when the beck is in spate!

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Blea Water panoramic looking across to Long Stile.

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Dougal seems to know where we are climbing to, up to Long Stile which has just appeared from the mist.

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Blea Water and Blea Water Crag.

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Rough Crag and Caspel Gate, Haweswater in view with the cloud lifting and then coming back again instantly.

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Blea Water.

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Looking across Riggindale to Head of Riggindale Beck and Kidsty Pike.

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The view from Long Stile.

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More Blea Water.

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Dougal has spotted something to take his interest but there wasn't much else to se on the summit of High Street today.

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Looking down on Hayeswater.

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Following the Roman Road on High Street.

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Twopenny Crag from the Straits of Riggindale.

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A brief glimpse of Ramps Gill from Rampsgill Head.

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Casper leading the way to Kidsty Pike.

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High Street out of the clouds - for now - from Kidsty Pike.

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Riggindale from Kidsty Pike.

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Doogs and 'roonals on Kidsty Pike.

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A lone deer (cheap?) from the descent (because it is not two dear!).

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Looking back to Kidsty Pike from Kidsty Howes.

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Haweswater from the descent.

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Haweswater.

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Selside Pike and Haweswater.

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The ruins of Riggindale Farm.

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Riggindale.

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I crossed the normally submerged southern end of Haweswater.

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Old and normally submerged dry stone walls leading to the disappeared village of Mardale.

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