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Fellbarrow

Walked on 31/01/2005

Start point: Loweswater (NY 128 217)

Loweswater – Darling Fell (276) – Loweswater Fell (277) – Low Fell (278) – Sourfoot Fell (279) – Smithy Fell (280) – Fellbarrow (281) – Hatteringill Head on Whin Fell (282) – Loweswater

Weather: Overcast throughout the walk.

A visit to the north western fells above Loweswater today – not much luck with the weather though as the clag stubbornly clung to the fells all day despite their relatively low stature.

01 Fellbarrow

Fellbarrow route map.

02 Elevation

Elevation profile of the route. Key: DF=Darling Fell, LWF=Loweswater Fell, LF=Low Fell, SF=Sourfoot Fell, SMF=Smithy Fell, F=Fellbarrow, HH=Hatteringill Head on Whin Fell.

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3D image of the walk route.

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Loweswater from the ascent of Darling Fell. For completeness, summit shots without a view...

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Darling Fell.

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Low Fell.

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Sourfoot Fell.

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Smithy Fell. ....and the view on a clearer day...

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Where are we?

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There was a better view over the Solway Firth to Scotland than anywhere else today...

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Loweswater.

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Mellbreak.

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Rannerdale Knotts across Crummock Water.

Striding Edge

Walked on 28/01/2005

Start point: Patterdale (NY 394 160)

Patterdale – Hole-in-the-Wall – Striding Edge – Helvellyn – Nethermost Pike (273) – High Crag (274) – Dollywaggon Pike (275) – Grisedale Tarn – Patterdale

Weather: Sunny at first, gradually becoming overcast. Cold, biting wind on the tops.

As it is StridingEdge ‘s first birthday on Monday, what could be a more fitting walk than an ascent of Helvellyn across Striding Edge. The day promised to be clear but by the time I reached Helvellyn across a deserted Striding Edge, the cloud and cold wind arrived. Still, it was a very enjoyable round…

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Striding Edge route map.

02 Elevation

Elevation profile of the route. Key: HitW=Hole-in-the-Wall, SE=Striding Edge, H=Helvellyn, NP=Nethermost Pike, HC=High Crag, DP=Dollywagon Pike, GT=Grisedale Tarn.

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3D image of the walk route.

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Looking to the head of Grisedale at the beginning of the ascent.

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Birkhouse Moor from the Hole-in-the-Wall.

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Catstycam.

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Helvellyn with Swirral Edge to the right.

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Helvellyn from the start of Striding Edge.

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Striding Edge from the ascent of Helvellyn.

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The steep ascent up the face of Helvellyn.

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A bitterly cold Helvellyn summit. The wind was so strong here that I could hardly stand up.

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Looking west on the descent from Helvellyn - annotated.

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Looking west on the descent from Helvellyn. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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Striding Edge from Nethermost Pike.

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Looking along Grisedale to Ullswater and Place Fell from High Crag.

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High Crag, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Dollywagon Pike.

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Grisedale Tarn.

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Wordsworth's Brothers Parting stone lies below the outlet of Grisedale Tarn. It is a memorial to his brother John, this being the place they last saw each other and parted on September 29th 1800. The inscription: 'Here did we stop; and here looked round While each into himself descends, For that last thought of parting Friends That is not to be found. ... Brother and friend, if verse of mine Have power to make thy virtues known, Here let a monumental Stone Stand--sacred as a Shrine.'

Irton Pike

Walked on 27/01/2005

Start point: Old Quarry car park (NY 121 012)

Old Quarry car park – Irton Pike (OF) – Irton Fell (271) – Great Bank (272) – Old Quarry car park

Weather: Cool and clear.

I’m under doctor’s orders today but exercise was recommended so it had to be an easy walk taken at a gentle pace. The Irton Pike/Irton Fell route was ideal as it gives great views of the high fells without being too strenuous. There were still many trees lying around in the Miterdale Forest and the surrounding woods having been blown over by the recent high winds.

01 Irton Pike

Irton Pike route map.

02 elevation

Elevation profile of the route. Key: IP=Irton Pike, IF=Irton Fell, GB=Great Bank.

03 Irton Pike 3D

3D image of the walk route.

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Illgill Head and Miterdale Forest from the ascent of Irton Pike. Great Bank shows above the trees to the right of the photo.

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Wasdale Head from Irton Pike - annotated.

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Wasdale Head from Irton Pike.

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Wainwright wrote '...a massive heap of stones calls for investigation...'. This pile of stones is marked on the map as 'cairn circle' and lies between Irton Pike and Irton Fell. The Ravenglass Estuary can be seen above it with Irton Pike to the right.

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Another view of the River Mite entering the Ravenglass Estuary from higher up. The path looks down to Irton Pike, Muncaster Fell is to the left.

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Whin Rigg from the summit of Irton Fell, Yewbarrow is to the left. I was tempted....

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Harter Fell and Green Crag across Eskdale.

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Muncaster Fell from Great Bank.

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The rocky south face of Great Bank.

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There is still much evidence of the devastation caused by the recent high winds.

Tilberthwaite Fells

Walked on 21/01/2005

Start point: Tilberthwaite car park (NY 306 010)

Tilberthwaite – Tilberthwaite Gill – Blake Rigg (261) – Haystacks (Tilberthwaite) (262) – Hawk Rigg (263) – High Fell (264) – Great Intake on Low Fell (265) – Kitty Crag (266) – Long Crag on Yewdale Fells (267) – High Wythow (268) – Low Wythow (269) – Brackeny Crag (270) – Tilberthwaite

Weather: Cool and clear.

Today’s walk is a round of the Tilberthwaite Fells. Nestling between Coniston and Langdale and bearing the scars of an industrial past, this route with fells of small stature offers some excellent and surprising views.

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Tilberthwaite Fells route map.

02 elevation

Elevation profile of the route. Key: BR=Blake Rigg, H=Haystacks (Tilberthwaite), HR=Hawk Rigg, HF=High Fell, GI=Great Intake, KC=Kitty Crag, LC=Long Crag, HW=High Wythow, LW=Low Wythow, BF=Brackeny Fell

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High Tilberthwaite Farm.

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Wetherlam from Blake Rigg.

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The Langdale Pikes from Haystacks (the Tilberthwaite one!).

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Haystacks and Blake Rigg from Hawk Rigg.

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Red Screes and Caudale Moor flank the Kirkstone Pass in the centre distance, the near hummock is Great Intake from High Fell.

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The Langdale Pikes and Blea Tarn from Great Intake.

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Looking across to Pike O' Blisco and The Crinkle Crags - annotated.

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Looking across to Pike O' Blisco and The Crinkle Crags.

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Crossing and un-named beck above Tilberthwaite Gill, Wetherlam is behind.

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Looking back to the sunlit Tilberthwaite Fells.

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Hole Tarn.

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Levers Hawse and the Brim Fell - Swirl How ridge from Kitty Crag.

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Kitty Crag and the Coniston fells from Long Crag.

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Windermere and the eastern fells from High Wythow.

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The full length of Coniston Water can be seen from Low Wythow.

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The south face of Wetherlam from Brackeny Crag.

Yewbarrow

Walked on 20/01/2005

Start point: Overbeck Bridge (NY 168 068)

Overbeck Bridge – Bell Rib – Great Door – Yewbarrow (South Top) (259) – Yewbarrow (North Top) (260) – Dore Head – Overbeck – Overbeck Bridge

Weather: Wind, rain and snow.

Today’s walk is a walk over shapely Yewbarrow, a fell that often missed when walking from Wasdale as it doesn’t fit neatly with other rounds. Whilst the weather wasn’t great today it was still worth the walk up – the moment when Great Door appeared after a hard scramble was certainly the highlight.

01 Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow route map.

02 elevation

Elevation profile of the route.

03 Yewbarrow 3D

3D image of the walk route.

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Dropping Crag to the left of the peak of Bell Rib.

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That was a steep one! Wast Water from the ascent of Yewbarrow.

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A 'wow' moment. Great Door is directly ahead after a hard scree scramble.

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Kirk Fell and Great Gable from Great Door.

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The South Top of Yewbarrow.

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The North Top from the South.

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Kirk Fell looms over the North Top of Yewbarrow.

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Looking back to Dore Head from Overbeck.

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'Look what I've found'.

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Overbeck Bridge.

Carron Crag

Walked on 17/01/2005

Start point: Dodgson Wood car park – east side of Coniston Water (NY 246 016)

Dodgson Wood – Low Parkamoor – The Park – Carron Crag (OF) – The Park – Low Parkamoor – Dodgson Wood

Weather: Mainly clear interspersed with cloud.

Today’s walk is a fairly short walk from Dodgson Wood on the eastern shore of Coniston Water. Due to the bad weather and gale force winds last week Grizedale Forest is shut from the visitor centre due to the amount of trees felled, however it is still accessible from the Coniston side. There was plenty of evidence of the wind damage with trees down in the old woods at the beginning of the walk and quite extensive damage in the forest itself. 

01 Carron Crag

Carron Crag route map.

02 Elevation

Elevation profile of the route. Key: LP=Low Parkamoor, TP=The Park, CC=Carron Crag

Carron Crag 3D

3D image of the walk route.

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Coniston Water and the Yewdale Fells from The Park.

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Carron Crag summit.

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Dow Crag and The Old Man of Coniston in cloud.

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The eastern fells from Carron Crag. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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The eastern fells from Carron Crag.

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The Old Man and Wetherlam.

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There were plenty of trees brought down by last weeks gale force winds.

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Caw and the Walna Scar ridge.

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The deserted - and eerie - Low Parkamoor Farm above Coniston Water.

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Yet another tree blocks the path.

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Beacon Fell across Coniston Water.

Bow Fell

Walked on 13/01/2005

Start point: Cockley Beck (NY 246 016)

Cockley Beck – Moasdale – Lingcove Beck –  High Gait Crags (254) – Yeastyrigg Crags – Pike de Bield (255) – Esk Pike (256) – Ore Gap – Bow Fell – Three Tarns – Shelter Crags – Crinkle Crags – Stonesty Pike (257) – Little Stand (258) – Ulpha Fell – Cockley Beck

Weather: Mainly clear interspersed with cloud and a biting wind on the tops. Snow above 600m.

Today’s walk was a l o n g walk from Cockley Beck to Esk Pike and Bow Fell. The long, boggy run in along Moasdale was helped by the spectacular views (the best?) of Bow Fell, Esk Pike and the Crinkle Crags. The Sca Fells were in cloud all day so I didn’t get to see to much of them , unfortunately. I really rated this walk – thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.

01 Bow Fell

Bow Fell route map.

02 Elevation

Elevation profile of the route. Key: HGC=High Gait Crags, PdB=Pike de Bield, EP=Esk Pike, BF=Bow Fell, SC=Shelter Crags, CC=Crinkle Crags, SP= Stonesty Pike, LS= Little Stand

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3D image of the walk route.

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Looking back along Moasdale.

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Esk Pike and Bow Fell from above Lingcove Beck.

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The mighty Bow Fell.

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Esk Butress on Scafell Pike from High Gait Crags.

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The River Esk and Great Moss from Pike de Bield.

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A frozen Esk Pike summit.

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The Langdales and Mickleden from the ascent of Bow Fell.

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A contrast in colours - Lingcove Beck from Bow Fell summit.

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'The Bad Step', right of centre, used in descent from the second Crinkle.

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The Crinkle Crags from Stonesty Pike.

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Pike O' Blisco and Cold Pike from Little Stand.

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Cockley Beck Bridge.

Caw

Walked on 12/01/2005

Start point: Seathwaite, Dunnerdale (SD 228 960)

Seathwaite – Park Head Road – Caw (OF) – Pikes (OF) – Green Pikes (OF) –  Seathwaite

Weather: Mainly dull and with rain and strong winds towards the end.

Well, the high winds of last night dropped by lunchtime and the skies were blue (sometimes!) so I managed to fit in a quick walk this afternoon. Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s Caw chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 120. The pyramid of Caw is recognisable from many other places in the Lake District and really deserves to be included in the full Wainwright list – whatever, it is still worth a visit.

Caw route map.

Caw route map.

Elevation profile of the route.

Elevation profile of the route.

3D image of the walk route.

3D image of the walk route.

Seathwaite with Wallowbarrow Crag behind and Harter Fell in the distance, right.

Seathwaite with Wallowbarrow Crag behind and Harter Fell in the distance, right.

Looking along Park Head Road. Esk Pike is in the distance, directly in line with the road, next right is the pointy Bow Fell, Crinkle Crags and Cold Pike.

Looking along Park Head Road. Esk Pike is in the distance, directly in line with the road, next right is the pointy Bow Fell, Crinkle Crags and Cold Pike.

The sun shines on Harter Fell.

The sun shines on Harter Fell.

Old level, Caw Quarry.

Old level, Caw Quarry.

The Duddon Estuary from Caw.

The Duddon Estuary from Caw.

The Coniston Fells from Caw, annotated.

The Coniston Fells from Caw, annotated.

The Coniston Fells from Caw.

The Coniston Fells from Caw.

Caw from Pikes.

Caw from Pikes.

Rock formations on Green Pikes.

Rock formations on Green Pikes.

Pike O’ Blisco

Walked on 11/01/2005

Start point: Blea Tarn car park (NY 296 043)

Blea Tarn – Blea Moss –  Blake Rigg (Little Langdale) (252) – Long Crag on Wrynose Fell (253) – Pike O’ Blisco – Black Crag – Wrynose Bridge – Blea Moss Blea Tarn

Weather: Dull and overcast with rain and strong winds towards the end.

Today’s walk is a round of Wrynose Fell, the upland mass to the north of the Wrynose Pass road, the high point being Pike O’ Blisco. I used a rocky gully for a pathless, steep ascent to Blake Rigg with an interesting detour to Black Crag on the descent from Pike O’ Blisco.

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Pike o' Blisco route map.

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The Langdale Pikes across Blea Tarn. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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The route used for the ascent of Blake Rigg - the steep gully running diagonally from the bottom left.

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Little Langdale Tarn from the ascent of Blake Rigg. The mound to the right is Castle How.

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Side Pike, Lingmoor Fell and Blea Tarn from Blake Rigg.

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The summit of Blake Rigg.

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Blake Rigg from the summit of Long Crag.

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A wet and windy Pike O' Blisco. Black Crag is usually passed by on the way to Pike O' Blisco, but it could almost be a mini Great Gable - with a Sphinx Rock of its own....

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...and The Needle, detailed by Wainwright in 'The Southern Fells' (Pike O' Blisco 8).

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Wrynose Bridge - how many times have you passed over this bridge in the car un-noticed?

Gummer’s How

Walked on 04/01/2005

Start point: Gummer’s How Car Park (SD 390 877)

Gummer’s How Car Park – Gummer’s How (OF) – Gummer’s How Car Park

Weather: Sunny with a cold wind.

Today’s walk is a visit to Gummer’s How which is detailed in Wainwright’s Gummer’s How chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 44. After a very wet morning, surprisingly the sun shone in the afternoon – it was just too god to miss an opportunity for this short walk.

‘Here is a fellwalk in miniature, a little beauty, with heather, a few rocks to scramble on, soft couches for repose, a classic view and a rustic Ordnance column – just like the real thing.’ – AW: ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’

Gummer's How profile

Elevation profile of the route.

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Gummer's How route map.

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Gummer's How from Lakeside.

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The approach to Gummer's How.

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Looking across to Lakeside and Finsthwaite Heights.

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The Kent Estuary from the ascent of Gummer's How.

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The rustic Ordnance column...with young addition.

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Connie and Angus enjoy the view.

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The Coniston Fells across Windermere.

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Looking north to the head of Windermere, Esthwaite Water can be seen left of centre above Windermere.

Humphrey Head

Walked on 03/01/2005

Start point: Humphrey Head (SD 390 740)

Humphrey Head (OF)

Weather: Dull with a strong, cold wind.

Today’s walk is a visit to Humphrey Head, a promontory jutting into Morecmbe Bay south west of Grange-Over-Sands. Humphrey Head is detailed in Wainwright’s Humphrey Head chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 66, and lies outside the National Park boundary.

‘Not by any exercise of the imagination can Humphrey Head be classed as an outlying fell of Lakeland’…. ‘Fellwalkers need an occasional change of scene. Here is one on Humphrey Head.’ – AW: ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’

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Humphrey Head.

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Connie and Angus on the windy summit.

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The view north east from the summit.

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Humphrey Head is an exposed promontory...

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Arnside Knott over the Kent Estuary.

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Morecambe Bay from Humphrey Head point.

Coniston Old Man

Walked on 29/12/2004

Start point: Coniston (SD 150 896)

Coniston – Levers Water – Swirl Hawse – Prison Band –  Swirl How – Great Carrs – Swirl Band – Great How –  Levers Hawse – Brim Fell – Coniston Old Man – The Bell – Coniston

Weather: Dull, damp with a cold wind.

Today’s walk was a round of the Coniston fells. The weather has taken a turn for the worse again and the clear views and picture postcard snowy scenes have all blown away – the wind was gale force at times and the rain relentless.

Coniston

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Church Beck and Miners Bridge.

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Looking up the miners road to the Youth Hostel.

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Mine workings and Levers Water Beck.

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The dam on Levers Water.

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The remains of the snow on Great Carrs.

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A picture tells a thousand words...James on Great Carrs.

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The Bell from the descent of The Old Man.

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Walna Scar road from The Bell.

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Church Beck from Miners Bridge.

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Coniston 3D

Tarn Hows

Walked on 26/12/2004

Start point: Tarn Hows (SD 327 996)

Tarn Hows

Weather: Clear and cold with bright sunshine.

A family Boxing Day visit to the ever popular Tarn Hows today for a spot of sledging – a nice, clear day after the heavy snowfall yesterday and the perfect antidote to the excesses of Christmas Day.

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Stoneside Pike

Walked on 20/12/2004

Start point: Corney Fell road (SD 150 896)

Corney Fell road – Stoneside Hill (251) – Great Paddy Crag – Buck Barrow – Kinmont Buck Barrow – Corney Fell road and then Burney (OF)

Weather: Overcast, cold.

Today’s walk was a short one from the Corney Fell road – no views whatsoever from any of the peaks visited, in complete contrast to the weather round here yesterday.

Stoneside Hill

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Stoneside Hill from the Corney Fell road.

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Looking towards the west Cumbrian coast from Stoneside Hill summit.

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Which way down from Buck Barrow? On the way home, I could see the clouds hanging in the Crake valley - it was worth a short ascent to Wainwright Outlying fell Burney for a better view.

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Beacon Fell to the left and the clouds forming in the Crake Valley.

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The southern end of the Crake Valley.

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The Duddon Estuary.

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Windmills on Kirkby Moor from Great Burney.

Elevation

Stoneside Hill 3D

Whitbarrow Scar

Walked on 16/12/2004

Start point: Mill Side (NY 449 841)

Mill Side – Whitbarrow Scar – Lord’s Seat (OF) – Bell Rake – Witherslack Hall – Beck Head – Mill Side

Weather: Sunny intervals, cold wind.

Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s Whitbarrow chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 36. Whitbarrow is an abrupt ridge of limestone, being one bank of an ancient sea inlet, the other bank being Scout Scar running parallel to it. The valley in between these two scars is the Lyth Valley.

“The walk described is the most beautiful in this book; beautiful it is every step of the way.” – AW, The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Whitbarrow Scar

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Whitbarrow Scar from Mill Side.

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The River Kent meandering into the estuary.

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Looking along Whitbarrow Scar to Lord's Seat.

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It gets very windy on this exposed ridge!

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The continuous limestone escarpment which runs along the ridge.

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Lord's Seat summit cairn, the summit of Whitbarrow Scar.

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Gummer's How and Birch Fell from Lord's Seat.

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Witherslack Hall, now a school.

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Chapel Head Scar.

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The final delight of the route is the remarkable resurgence at the base of a low cliff by the roadside that gives Beck Head its name." - AW

Whitbarrow Scar Elevation

Whitbarrow Scar 3D

Dunnerdale Fells

Walked on 15/12/2004

Start point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)

Kiln Bank Cross – Stickle Pike (OF) – Tarn Hill (OF) – The Dunnerdale Fells (OF) –  Great Stickle (OF) – Kiln Bank Cross

Weather: Sunny and bright.

Today’s walk is a Wainwright/Birkett hybrid, taking in Stickle Pike – a personal favourite, the undulating Tarn Hill, a vague top named ‘Dunnerdale Fells’ (a separate ‘Outlying Fell’ walk chapter by Wainwright) and Great Stickle. The views to the north were superb, especially towards the end when the clouds lifted from the high fells.

Dunnerdale Fells

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Caw from the ascent of Stickle Pike.

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Stickle Tarn.

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Whitfell and Hesk Pike with The Pike in the foreground from Stickle Pike.

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Looking to the Duddon Estuary across Tarn Hill and Great Stickle.

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The main cairn on Stickle Pike from the south cairn with Harter Fell and the Scafell range in cloud behind.

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Tarn Hill and Great Stickle.

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Great Stickle.

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The ridge that runs along the opposite side of the Lickle Valley; Caw - Brock Barrow - Fox Haw - Raven's Crag - The Knott.

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Stickle Pike from the south.

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he view from Stickle Tarn; see below for an annotated version of this photo.

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Dunnerdale Fells 3D

Dunnerdale Fells Elevation

The Clerk and The Bishop

Walked on 14/12/2004

Start point: Thornthwaite (NY 220 264)

Thornthwaite – Barf (241) – Lord’s Seat (242) – Broom Fell (243) – Graystones (244) – Kirk Fell on Lorton (245) – Spout Gill – Brown How on Whinlatter (246) – Whinlatter Top (247) – Tarbarrel Moss (248) – Ullister Hill (249) – Seat How (Thornthwaite) (250) – Thornthwaite

Weather: Dull, overcast – gale force winds and driving rain.

Today’s walk started with a steep ascent up to Barf from Thornthwaite – I think I found out why it is called Barf going up there! The weather was absolutely atrocious – gale force winds and driving rain, especially on the exposed sections from Lord’s Seat to Broom Fell and across Whinlatter. The forest sections came as a welcome relief from the constant battering today.

Barf

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Barf 3D-1

Barf 3D-2

Elevation profile

Bigland Barrow

Walked on 10/12/2004

Start point: Newby Bridge (SD 369 859)

Newby Bridge – Point 585′ – Bigland Barrow (OF) – Canny Hill – Newby Bridge

Weather: Misty and cool.

Today’s walk follows Wainwright’s Bigland Barrow chapter in his book ‘The Outlying Fells of Lakeland’, page 70. There were no views to speak of today due to the persistent mist; I even managed to head the wrong way on the return leg!

Bigland Barrow

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Ready for winter - log stacks near Newby Bridge.

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The misty path to Bigland Barrow.

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The first un-named tarn.

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Nameless point 585' - 'the best viewpoint' - AW.

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The tower on Bigland Barrow - a wartime relic, now in a state of disrepair.

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Canny Hill.

Bigland Barrow 3D

Red Screes

Walked on 06/12/2004

Start point: Bottom of Kirkstone Pass (NY 402 113)

Kirkstone Pass – Middle Dodd (237) – Smallthwaite Band – Red Screes (238) – Scandale Pass – Little Hart Crag (239) – High Hartsop Dodd (240) – Kirkstone Pass

Weather: Dull, overcast – rain and strong wind on the tops.

Today’s walk is a steep ascent up to Middle Dodd and Red Screes from the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, across the Scandale Pass and a lovely ridge walk from Little Hart Crag to Hartsop Dodd, then a steep descent back to Kirkstone Pass. The weather wasn’t brilliant again today but the high winds meant that there was the odd clearing of the mist to give fleeting glimpses of a view.

Red Screes

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Middle Dodd at the start of the walk.

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Following the wall up the steep ascent.

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Little Hart Crag from Middle Dodd.

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Two misty summits; Middle Dodd...

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and Red Screes

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The mist clears briefly on Smallthwaite Band on the way to Red Screes.

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A fleeting glimpse of Little Hart Crag from Scandale Pass.

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A misty view of Scandale from Little Hart Crag. Windermere is up to the left, Scandale Tarn to the right.

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Looking back along the ridge to Little Hart Crag from High Hartsop Dodd.

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Brothers Water and Hartsop from the steep descent from High Hartsop Dodd. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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Twin peaks - Middle Dodd and High Hartsop Dodd.

Red Screes 3D

Harter Fell

Walked on 02/12/2004

Start point: Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge) (NY 214 011)

Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge) – Kepple Crag (230) – Great Whinscale (231) – Crook Crag (232) – The Pike – Green Crag (233) – Ulpha Fell – Harter Fell (234) – Demming Crag (235) – Horsehow Crags (236) – Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge)

Weather: Cold, clear skies.

Today’s walk is a circuit of Harter Fell, taking in some minor tops en-route including Green Crags. There are great views of Upper Eskdale from Harter Fell, especially Scafell and Scafell Pike which looked lovely today as it was so clear.

Harter Fell

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A frozen Upper Eskdale from the path on Birker Fell; the Scafells to the left, Esk Pike and the pointy summit of Bow Fell to the right.

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The Moon over Kepple Crag.

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Looking through the gap on Eskdale Fell to Scoat Fell and Pillar from Kepple Crag.

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Devoke Water and Birker Fell from Great Whinscale.

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Sellafield and the West Cumbrian coastline from Crook Crag.

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Harter Fell from Ulpha Fell.

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The view from Harter Fell, see below for an annotated version of this photo.

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Grey Friar with the Swirl How ridge behind from Demming Crag.

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The Scafells from Demming Crag. See below for an annotated version of this photo.

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Looking along Eskdale from Horsehow Crags.

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The Scafells on the descent.

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Hard Knott.

Harter Fell 3D

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