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High Pike

Walked on 25/02/2011

Start point: Stone Ends (NY 354 338)

Stone Ends – Rake Trod – Carrock Fell – Round Knott – Miton Hill – High Pike – West Fell – Carrock Beck – Stone Ends

Distance: 6 miles     Total Ascent: 530 metres     Time Taken: 2 hours 50 minutes     Start Time: 11:40

Weather: Clearing, windy. 11°C

Today I was joined by Robin for a walk up to Carrock Fell and High Pike and the weather wasn’t looking too clever early on this morning when it was absolutely bucketing down with rain. We held off the start for a little while and found the best of the weather anywhere in the Lakes I think for this good, if squelchy, round of the Caldbeck Fells.

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Carrock Fell at the start of the walk - Rake Trod can be seen running diagonally right to left above Casper.

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At the foot of Rake Trod.

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...and looking back down.

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'Rowan on crag'.

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Climbing the gully from Rake Trod.

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Living on the edge.

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'A well made cairn...' looking towards a clearing Great Mell Fell.

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Drama in the sky over Souther Fell.

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At the top of the Further Gill Sike gully.

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Ancient sheepfold on Carrock Fell.

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Skiddaw and the valley of the Caldew from Carrock Fell.

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High Pike from the west gate, Carrock Hill Fort.

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Casper and Dougal, windswept on Carrock Fell summit.

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Skiddaw and the remains of the old British Hill Fort.

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Boggy on Round Knott.

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Carrock Fell and Round Knott to the right from Miton Hill.

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Onwards to High Pike from Miton Fell summit cairn.

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The path to High Pike.

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Carrock Fell and Dry Gill.

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The summit of High Pike, Bowscale Tarn is visible to the distant right.

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Room for one Beardie on this sofa on High Pike.

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Bowscale Fell and Blencathra under cloud.

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It was really windy up here now and the cloud was coming across. This stony area is the site of the beacon, reserved for special occasions and beyond are the ruins of a shepherd's cottage.

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Carrock Beck and Carrock Fell, to the left is the route of return over West Fell.

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Carrock Fell from the mega cairn on West Fell.

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Back down on the Driggeth Mine track.

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Blue sky and sunshine on the return leg, here at Apronful of Stones.

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