Start point: Sandwick (NY 423 196)
Sandwick – Beda Fell (475) – Heck Crag – Angletarn Pikes – Boredale Hause – Place Fell – High Dodd –Sleet Fell – Sandwick
Distance: 9.4 miles Total Ascent: 1300 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 20 minutes
Weather: Sunny at first, gradually worsening. 13oC.
It was lovely and sunny this morning when I set off from Sandwick for a circuit of Boredale – so much so that the legs were soon zipped off from my trousers to make the first walk in shorts this year (was it really only a month ago I was on Harter Fell in the snow?). This was Casper’s first ‘big’ walk and he seemed to cope okay, with a few tips thrown in from the master, Angus.
Beda Fell from Martindale.
Walking beside Howgrain Beck at the start of the walk.
Martindale.
Winter Crag and Beda Head.
Gowbarrow Park across Ullswater.
Looking back to Hallin Fell from the climb up to Beda Fell.
Boredale.
It's so warm today.
Winter Crag in the foreground with Hallin Fell behind, Ullswater and Little Mell Fell in view beyond from Beda Head, the summit of Beda Fell.
Enough heads for Cerberus? Casper's first Wainwright on Beda Fell and (almost!) Angus' last (not forever, only of the 214 count, of which there are 5 left).
Fairfield, Saint Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and Catstycam from Beda Fell - some stubborn snow persisting up there.
Angus has a look over Boredale to Place Fell.
The Nab across Bannerdale with the High Street ridge beyond.
Bannerdale from Heck Crag.
Cloud shadow on Beda Fell.
Angle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes southern summit.
Brothers Water from Angletarn Pikes northern and main summit.
Place Fell from the approach to Boredale Hause.
The summit of Place Fell.
A swim in Place Fell summit tarn for these two as the weather closes in.
Ullswater from High Dodd.
Beda Fell from High Dodd.
Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike at the end of the High Street ridge.
Looking back to High Dodd from Sleet Fell.