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The Dodds

Walked on 09/01/2009

Start point: Stanah (NY 318 189)

Stanah – Sticks Pass – Stybarrow Dodd – Watson’s Dodd – Great Dodd – Calfhow Pike – Fornside – Stanah

Distance: 6.8 miles     Total Ascent: 795 metres     Time Taken: 3 hours

Weather: Mainly in mist, cold wind. 3°C

I think me and Casper were both chomping at the bit to get back on the fells today even though the weather seemed a bit murky. The climb to Sticks Pass gave a fleeting hope of a temperature inversion but the wind higher up ended that notion and the higher tops were walked coldly in the freezing fog.

The Dodds

The Dodds

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Climbing to Sticks Pass from Stanah.

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Falls on Stanah Gill.

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The A591 below with High Rigg to the right.

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Climbing higher.

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A beam of sunlight on High Rigg as the mist descends into St John's in the Vale with Dodd in the distance.

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Suddenly, blue skies approaching Sticks Pass.

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Looking over into Glencoyne and the last of the clear weather. The wind was picking up now ruining any chance of an inversion and it was back into the freezing fog for the rest of the walk.

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Winter sun on the climb to Stybarrow Dodd.

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Casper gives the eye with a frozen beard and face fur.

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The summit of Stybarrow Dodd.

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Watson's Dodd.

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The wind shelter on Great Dodd.

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A brief clearing in the mist heading for Calfhow Pike.

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Iced up Casper.

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From Calfhow Pike I took the steep descent into St John's in the Vale via Fornside, below.

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