Start point: Millbeck (NY 255 262)
Millbeck – Doups – White Stones – Carl Side – Long Side – Ullock Pike – Longside Wood – Long Doors – Dodd – Lyzzick Wood – Millbeck
Distance: 5.5 miles Total Ascent: 842 metres Time Taken: 3 hours Start Time: 08:15
Weather: Sunny. 18C
I didn’t really know where I was going to end up when I set off this morning and this was very much a dynamic walk. I intended going up to Skiddaw but I ended up going in the opposite direction and just making my mind up as I walked. The unusual descent is not really recommended unless you are in a rush and I could not resist squeezing Dodd in at the end of the walk. How I found my way through the woods below Dodd I’ll never know but as it turned out the navigation was spot on!
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Carlside Tarn - I was going to climb Skiddaw on the path beyond but changed my mind and decided to head west instead.
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Looking across Bassenthwaite Lake to Barf, Grisedale Pike up to the left. From here I took the direct route back down into Longside Wood - the quick way down!