Start Point: Hodge Close (NY 315 016)
Holme Fell from Hodge Close
Distance: 1.7 miles Total Ascent: 165 metres Time Taken: 1 hour Start Time: 14:30
Weather: A wintry 2°C
There has been plenty of snow around Cumbria and the Lake District this weekend with some fabulous winter weather to go with it. I managed to miss all that being busy with all sorts of other things so today when I managed to get out, the day was very different to the weekend. Gone were the blue skies and winter wonderland, the south Lakes was transfrormned into a very overcast scene. It was a real winters day with mist hanging around and not a breath of air plus with all the snow dampening down any noise it made for a quite eerie walk. It was enjoyable though, Fletcher and Dougal certainly enjoyed being in the snow today.
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Fletcher & Dougal don't look too impressed but that is because I have stopped them frolicking in the snow for a minute - the giddy kippers!
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Fletcher found this on Holme Fell - someone is climbing all the Birketts +1 in 2016 to raise money for Cancer Research. More info at www.542in2016.org.uk
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You can just about make out Coniston Water. When I got here I realised I had (annoyingly) lost my lens cap - I don't know what it is about Holme Fell because this exact same thing has happened before I seem to recall!