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Caw

Walked on 08/02/2012

Start point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)

Kiln Bank Cross – Park Head Road – Long Mire – Caw (OF) – Park Head Road – Kiln Bank Cross

Distance: 3.5 miles     Total Ascent: 300 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 20 minutes     Start Time: 12:00

Weather: Freezing.0°C

I think I struck lucky with the weather today – the prediction was for an inversion but that didn’t seem particularly likely as I could see the fell tops through grey gloom and it was windy but as I started walking the sky began to clear. It was certainly cold and there was a strong wind as well making the temperature well below zero up there.

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The Park Head Road below; Caw, today's objective, can be seen above the crags in the foreground.

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Following the frozen track.

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The Duddon Valley.

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Caw looked so inviting from here, the summit lit up by the sun.

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Looking back towards Hesk Fell from the climb.

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A frozen view to the Duddon Estuary.

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The Coniston fells from Caw.

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The frozen Duddon Valley below.

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The icy summit of Caw.

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It was windier than you might have thought up here as my two able companions demonstrate - and that means it was incredibly cold...not a place to hang around for too long today.

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The Duddon Estuary from the summit.

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Looking the other way.

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It looks oh so cold on this photo.

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Casper and Dougal look down on Seathwaite and the Duddon Valley with a fine view to Pillar and the Scafells, Harter Fell in the foreground.

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The summit from the descent.

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Looking across a frozen pool.

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...and how it looked the other way across the same pool.

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The route of descent (the wall below is the one in the third photo, above), Stickle Pike to the left.

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A panoramic view of Caw.

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Heading back along the Park Head Road, Stickle Pike ahead.

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