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Gael's Diary ~ the Lake District again April /May 2008 ~ Gael 3yrs 11mths |
Sat 19th onwards ~ to the Lake District for walks on the Uldale and Caldbeck Fells
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E31 ~ one of three fox bields between Little and Great Cockup. Picture shows the Dash Falls and our Bakestall route
Sunday 20th April: from Peter House Farm to Whitewater Dash waterfall, then ascending Bakestall by the ridge.
(Bakestall is an outlying top of Skiddaw on its north-west side)
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D09 ~ a windy Bakestall top - view to Skiddaw summit
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D10 ~ leaning into the wind on Bakestall top - view west to the coast
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D11 ~ Bakestall cairn. Great Calva at left, Mungrisedale Common centre, Blencathra behind
Monday 21st April: first a game of catch in the kitchen ........
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....... then a visit to Cockermouth. First to Sainsbury's, then a short walk up Watch Hill, just east of the town, and on to Setmurthy Common. |
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D13 ~ on Watch Hill summit, Ullock Pike and Skiddaw behind
lots of sheep everywhere ~ boss pleased that I walked within metres of ewes with their lambs without disturbing them
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ascending the sheep infested Watch Hill |
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D14 ~ on Watch Hill
Tuesday 22nd April: on the map: the big red loop from Longlands over Knott, Great and Little Sca Fells,
taking in Lowthwaite Fell and Longland Fell in the descent.
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D17 ~ approaching Trusmadoor
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D18 ~ on Knott summit
Great Calva behind, Lonscale Fell and Skiddaw beyond
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D19 ~ the unusually large shelter on Little Sca Fell
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D20 ~ on Little Sca Fell Cairn
Lowthwaite Fell immediately behind me, then Longlands Fell to its right. Over Water and Binsey centre left.
The village of Bothel, where we stayed, is two miles beyond Binsey summit.
Thursday 23rd April: High Pike in the Caldbeck Fells
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arriving at the top |
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D24 ~ high winds at High Pike cairn south of Caldbeck
in the distance: left Blencathra ~ right Skiddaw
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the High Pike indicator |
The centre boss reads: High Pike 2157' surrounded by "To commemorate Caldbeck Parish Millenium Celebrations 1 January 2000"
around the circumference reads: "Caldbeck and the Caldbeck Fells are worth all England else"
3162' Sca Fell 19½ miles, 3054' Skiddaw 5½ miles, 3118' Helvellyn 3 miles, 2847' Blencathra 4½ miles
Keswick 8 miles, Penrith 19 miles, London 292 miles, Edinburgh 116 miles
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explaining drainage pipes to me |
Friday 25th April: Walna Crag and Bleaberry Fell
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168 ~ bad weather on the way, time for my jacket - here he's doing up the tail strap |
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on the path from Walna Crag to Bleaberry Fell |
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D25 ~ Bleaberry Fell cairn and hoping there's something in the rucksack for me
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D26 ~ beating a retreat off Bleaberry Fell in the face of worsening weather coming in from the high fells to the south |
Saturday 26th April: Becky joins us. Bad weather, but we do Dodd anyway
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D28 ~ Saturday, and Aunty Becky joins us from London for the day. Here we're on Dodd summit overlooking Derwent Water |
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the view of Bassenthwaite Water from Dodd summit |
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