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Coniston Sunrise

Walked on 30/11/2012

Start point: Walna Scar road (SD 289 970)

Walna Scar car park – Coniston Old Man – Brim Fell – Goat’s  Hawse – Dow Crag – Buck Pike – Blind Tarn – Walna Scar car park

Distance: 5.3 miles     Total Ascent: 780 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours     Start Time: 07:20

Weather: Freezing, some cloud. 0oC

It has been really cold and clear for the last couple of days so I wanted to get high on a fell to catch a glorious sunrise this morning and I wasn’t disappointed with the one I got – the view from the Old Man was fabulous this morning, one to remember for a while.

Coniston

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Pre-dawn on the climb to The Old Man and the sun is still below the horizon.

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Getting lighter as I climb higher, the valleys below are covered in mist.

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Sunrise, first sight of the sun over the horizon.

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The view down from the climb.

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Mono Coniston Water, partially frozen, and Windermere beyond covered in a thick blanket of cloud.

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Black Combe and Brown Pike glowing in the early sunshine.

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Morecambe Bay with Heysham Power Station visible looking along cloud covered Coniston Water and the Crake Valley.

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The full moon over Dow Crag.

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Martian mountains?

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Winter Hill on the horizon floating above a sea of orange cloud.

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A panoramic view from the summit.

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The view over Low Water and Levers Water.

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The sun has risen into cloud now looking across layers of valleys.

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The Old Man summit view.

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Silhouetted cairn.

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No one was around this early (of course!).

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The face of Dow Crag - at this point I wasn't sure where I was heading next and seemed to do quite a bit of aimless wandering, watching the conditions unfold to work out the best way to go.

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The Old Man in mono.

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The Scafells.

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There was a fabulous winter sky this morning.

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Brim Fell summit cairn and The Old Man.

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Casper surveys his kingdom.

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Skiddaw, Great Carrs, Swirl How and Blencathra.

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Scafell and Scafell Pike.

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Skiddaw.

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Frozen Brim Fell.

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Brr, it was cold up here today.

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Brim Fell summit.

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Finding a way down.

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Goat's Water.

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Dougal and Casper, raring to go!

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Harter Fell.

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The view from Dow Crag.

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Looking back over Goat's Hawse.

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The frozen Duddon Valley.

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Dow Crag from Buck Pike.

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Me and Casperoonals.

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Blind Tarn.

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Coniston Old Man across The Cove.

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That fiery sky was ever-present today.

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Sun Dog to the left.

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Cove Bridge.

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