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Clough Head

Walked on 07/09/2009

Start point: Wanthwaite (NY 316 232)

Wanthwaite – Fisher’s Wife’s Rake – Jim’s Fold – Clough Head – Red Screes – Wanthwaite

Distance: 3.7 miles     Total Ascent: 592 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours

Weather: Showers and sunny spells. 17C.

Fisher’s Wife’s Rake is one of those walks I have had on the agenda for a while and it certainly is the direct route to Clough Head, although it wasn’t as severe as I was expecting. There were showers at the start of the climb up the rake but the clouds miraculously cleared towards the end of the walk, reminding me that it is still late summer yet.

 

Clough Head

Clough Head route map.

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Skiddaw and Lonscale Fell from the Old Coach Road.

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Wanthwaite Crags across the disused quarries. Fisher's Wife's Rake is the grassy gully to the right of the crags.

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Crossing the wall at the ladder stile.

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The Skiddaw massif from the path following the wall beneath Wanthwaite Crags.

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High Rigg and the central fells from the foot of Fisher's Wife's Rake.

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Climbing the rake in the rain.

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Casper does a double take - yes, up there!

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Blencathra through the Rowan Tree.

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Looking down Fisher's Wife's Rake.

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A sunny interlude on High Rigg.

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Looking down Fisher's Wife's Rake from the top.

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The north-western fells.

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A rainbow over St John's in the Vale.

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A glimpse of Thirlmere from Sandbed Gill.

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Jim's Fold.

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Great How and Thirlmere, Ullscarf beyond.

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Blencathra from Clough Head.

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Striking a familiar pose...

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The Vale of Keswick.

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Cloud lifting from Skiddaw.

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The start of the shelf path on Red Screes.

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Suddenly it is summer again!

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Sunshine over Keswick.

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Blencathra from the wall crossing.

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Casper has a dip in a small beck on the Old Coach Road.

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