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Bowfell

Walked on 29/08/2007

Start point: The Old Dungeon Ghyll car park (NY 286 062)

Old Dungeon Ghyll – Pike O’ Blisco – Red Tarn – Cold Pike – Crinkle Crags – Shelter Crags – Three Tarns – Bowfell – Climbers Traverse – Hell Gill – Oxendale – Old Dungeon Ghyll

Distance: 9 miles     Total Ascent: 1260 metres     Time Taken: 5 hours

Weather: Sunny. 18oC.

Regular viewers may remember the last time I set off on this route in January when I nearly got blown off Pike o’ Blisco in a blizzard and decided to cut short the route. Some may also remember that back in May I managed to drop my camera and ruin a lens. Since then I have been using the cheapo kit lens that I had but I finally got around to getting a new one which I used for the first time today – hopefully the photos will be back to their previous clarity and sharpness. The walk today was memorable for a couple of reasons; the first was that I managed a quick dip – the first on a walk this year. The second was when I got chatting with the shepherd at Stool End Farm who had a Beardie as a working companion and it was interesting to compare her with Casper.

Bowfell

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On the way to Langdale the mist lies over the head of Coniston Water.

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Early morning sunshine and cloud on Bowfell.

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Crinkle Crags over Wall End Farm.

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Golden Casper.

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The cloud clears from Bowfell on the climb to Pike o' Blisco.

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Blue skies over Pike o' Blisco.

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All clear over the Coniston fells from the southern cairn on Pike o' Blisco.

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Mist over Crinkle Crags with Bowfell beyond the main summit cairn.

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Cold Pike over Red Tarn with a distant Black Combe.

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Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from Red Tarn.

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The Crinkles from Cold Pike...

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...just follow the superhighway.

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The second and third Crinkles from the first.

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Approaching the 'Bad Step' on the second Crinkle - it is the dark area to the right of centre.

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Not so bad today though, me and Casper managed it okay. There is an alternative way around to the west if you don't fancy trying it.

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Clouds over the Scafells from Long Top, the second and highest of the Crinkle Crags.

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The cloud was constantly appearing then disappearing from Scafell Pike to the left and seemed to be pouring into Eskdale from Esk Hause to the right.

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Scafell Pike.

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The clouds over Esk Hause.

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Bowfell from Shelter Crags.

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Casper has a sit down at Three Tarns with a view of the Scafells as a backdrop.

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The view from the second tarn - there were only two today, despite the name.

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All clear on the Scafells now from Bowfell summit.

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All was cloudy to the north and into Langstrath.

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Looking back to Bowfell Buttress from the Climber's Traverse on Bowfell.

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Looking up to the Crinkles from Buscoe.

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At the bottom of Hell Gill, I found this secluded pool an idyllic place for a bathe. Heaven Gill I'd say!

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Whorneyside and the Crinkle Crags from the path to Oxendale. The bracken is well gone now.

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The same view from further along the path.

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Once at Stool End, I spotted a shepherd with a Beardie so we spent a good hour whiling the time away. This working Beardie was half the size of Casper even though the markings are very similar; there are plenty of working Beardies around Langdale - a hardy breed indeed...but you knew that!

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The Langdale Pikes.

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