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Black Combe

Walked on 20/01/2006

Start point: Beckside (SD 153 847)

Beckside – White Hall Knott – White Combe (OF) – Whitecombe Moss – Black Combe (OF) – South Top of Black Combe – Whicham Mill – Beckside

Distance: 6.25 miles     Total Ascent: 657 metres     Time Taken: 2hours 20 minutes

Weather: Generally dull with the odd sunny spell. 7°C

Black Combe stands isolated at the south-western tip of the Lake District and today it stood isolated as the only cloud-free fell I could see! Well, it did at first, anyway – the mist soon rolled in to cover the very top of Black Combe by the time I arrived. The descent of Black Combe following this route is particularly attractive, following the beck all the way back to the start point.

01 Black Combe

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White Hall Knott, White Combe and the White Combe ridge running to the left.

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Catching a brief moment of sunshine on the steep ascent to White Hall Knott.

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The Whicham Valley.

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Black Combe from White Hall Knott, Blackcombe Beck running down the centre. The path to the right of the beck is the path used in descent.

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The Duddon Estuary and the Furness peninsula.

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Looking into Black Combe.

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Panoramic Black Combe - two Angus' (Angi?!) in this one!

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Looking along the valley from Whitecombe Head.

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The Irish Sea and the West Cumbrian coastline through the mist from the summit of Black Combe.

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Black Combe summit tarn.

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Cold and windy by the tarn, it's blowing straight off the sea.

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Misty Blackcombe Screes.

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The wind is still blowing across this tarn further down. Behind is Whitecombe Head and beyond is Buck Barrow and Whitfell.

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White Hall Knott on the descent.

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The accompaniment all the way down was the delightful Blackcombe Beck...

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...tumbling down...

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...and down...

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...now it has turned into Whitecombe Beck, used to power Whicham Mill. See and hear Blackcombe Beck

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