tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37395751114617299922024-02-17T02:43:03.645-08:00David BSIHiker and photographer with a passion for the natural world and wild places.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-63674747180871212622019-08-12T04:22:00.000-07:002019-08-13T01:34:24.393-07:00Wainwright’s - Fellbarrow and Low Fell<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the parking at Waterend we followed the Bridleway opposite towards
Miresyke. As we climbed up the views opened out over Loweswater towards Burnbank Fell and Blake Fell, both of which are future Wainwrights for us .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At Myresyke the track headed left left through fields to join with the Mosser Fell Road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was followed for 700 m or so to a junction where a lane
leads rightwards onto Mosser Fell. After the rain of recent days it looked
rather wet and boggy so we continued north for around 300 metres until another
track on the right offered a way over Mosser Fell towards Fellbarrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once over Mosser beck the surfaced track petered out and
became a grassy path. This was followed through an area of bracken and gorse
for a short distance onto open fell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The summit soon arrived and offered some nice if rather hazy views north
over the Solway Firth to the Scottish mountains of Dumfries and Galloway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Approaching the trig on Fellbarrow with the view south towards Burnbank Fell and Blake Fell</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Following the fence along the undulating broad ridge towards
Low Fell we were constantly pestered by Clegs and while I was only bitten a
couple of times Moira ended up with half a dozen large weals on her legs, arms and shoulders.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Incidentally if you are wondering what a Cleg-fly is the pic below is a closeup of one taken from my website. Beautiful eyes but nasty little blighters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This onslaught of these blood sucking little (insert swear word here)
took the edge of the wonderful views and we hardly broke step until we reached
Sourfoot Fell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a bit breezier up here and we were left alone to
enjoy the views for a few minutes before heading off over Watching Crag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite the breeze it was very muggy with cloud starting to
build over the higher mountains. As a result the views along Crummock Water from
the northern and true summit of Low Fell were rather hazy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On reaching the Wainwright top of Low Fell a few hundred
metres to the south we swapped the clegs for clouds of flying ants so retreated
from the cairn to sit on a ledge looking out over Crummock Water to have our
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This leaves us with 46 to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-19070124259523999332019-06-28T02:50:00.000-07:002019-06-28T04:35:47.554-07:00Wainwrights - Low Pike and High Pike from Ambleside<br />
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first thing) we (Moira, Graham and Sandra) headed up the Kirkstone road for a few hundred metres before
taking a left into Nook Lane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the weather cheered slightly by Foxgloves lining the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the stream we were keen to get up high in the hope of a breeze, not only to
cool us down, but to get rid of the midges which while not in huge numbers,
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-64046091280396905002019-06-11T06:35:00.003-07:002019-06-11T13:36:27.757-07:00Wainwright’s - Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag<br />
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days walking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eagle Crag also looked
like it would offer a bit of adventure in the form of some easy scrambling too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The only slight worry today was that heavy rain was forecast
mid-afternoon and added to last night’s rain we were a bit worried about how
greasy the scramble would be and if any streams we had to cross would be doable. In the end we
decided to avoid the Lining Crag decent route as this would involve an un-bridged stream
crossing and instead do a clockwise walk using the bridges over the lower
section of Greenup Gill to access Eagle Crag and then drop down off the north
western slopes of Sergeant Crag into Langstrath. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the company of Graham and Sandra we made our way in pleasant sunshine along the valley from the Chapel House Farm campsite to
Stonethwaite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here we used Stonethwaite
bridge to get us onto the track on eastern side of the beck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ahead we could see Eagle Crag, which looked impenetrable
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second bridge at the confluence of Greenup Gill and Langstrath beck. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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few metres before branching off to the left.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Crossing the fence via a stile a rather boggy path led alongside a small
wood below Bleak Howe.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After passing through
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descent could not be made into Langstrath so we followed the broad ridge south for a km or so towards Brown
Crag. Once beyond this we made our way diagonally down steep ground to pick up the
Cumbria Way. This was followed for the last leg to the campsite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With these 2 hills in the bag we have 50 left to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-5480171577715140842019-06-04T01:34:00.001-07:002019-06-08T14:15:12.436-07:00Wainwright’s - Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">This walk was
done with our friends Graham and Sandra. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Parking on
the A591 we followed Rhododendron lined lane leading up towards Alcock Tarn.
This eventually led to a gate giving access to the open fellside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the left hand path and made our way steeply up the slopes of Greenhead Gill. The steep nature meant the views soon opened out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Easier going then took us onto the summit of Stone Arthur.</span><br />
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here was pleasant and despite being very hazy the views weren’t too bad so we
took a quick break on the north top of Heron Pike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The achievement of bagging Nab Scar our 4th and final Wainwright of the day was ruined somewhat by an irresponsible dog owner who let their dog run off and chase the sheep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">From here
another short backtrack took us onto a path that led down to the pretty Alcock
Tarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">While here we made a short detour to Grey Crag <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We then headed across to meet with the Greenhead Gill path, Steep going took us down to our start point just as the rain started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Four more
bagged leaving 52 to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-52512502599593631362019-05-31T06:40:00.000-07:002019-05-31T06:40:09.441-07:00Wainwright’s - Wansfell Pike (Baystones) and Troutbeck Tongue<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather forecast was not so good with showers and hill
cloud the order of the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Driving
along the shores of Ullswater there was plenty of clear sky to suggest the
forecast could to be wrong. Sadly on reaching Kirkstone pass we were met by thick
cloud and a heavy drizzle – the forecast was spot on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parking just up the road from the Queens Head Hotel on the
A592 we walked along the road for a 100m or so and then branched off on the
minor road to Troutbeck. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once in Troutbeck we followed the Nanny Lane track which rose
steeply up towards an area marked as the Hundreds on the map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were just below the cloud ceiling at this
point and it all felt rather claustrophobic as a grey drizzle turned to rain
and forced us to don waterproofs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nanny Lane as the rain swept in</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On reaching a bend where the track swung north we left the
lane and headed across the fellside towards Wansfell Pike. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The views were limited to a few metres so we just plodded
our way towards Wansfell Pike. On the summit the cloud above did seem to be thinning a bit but after hanging
around for a while the drizzle returned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is worth mentioning here that while the Wansfell Pike top
is accepted (by many) as the top named in the Wainwright’s books. Others
however say it the Wainwright is the highest point of the fell just over a
kilometre away along the undulating ridge and is marked Baystones on the map. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To add to the confusion the grid ref we had
for the Wainwright top was actually a spot height around a 130 metres north of
Baystones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The easy way to solve this
was to bag them all as we were heading that way anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a quick break we headed off to the grid ref we had as Wainwright’s top
a little over 100m away. As we did so the cloud began to lift over on Wansfell Pike</span></div>
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north we felt we had covered all bases so continued our way north towards our
next objective Troutdale Tongue.</span></div>
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then followed Ing Lane back to Town Head and our start point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Crag, Tarn Crag and Shipman Knotts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
only problem was that Shipman Knotts was on the opposite side of the valley to
the other two and involved descending 230m into upper Longsleddale and then climbing
something like 330m up onto Kentmere Pike. The effort though was worth it.</span></div>
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we puffed our way up the steep intake land and onto the fellside via a short
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as we reached the top of Great Howe. From here the going was easy if a little
boggy at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the May sunshine
the summit of Grey Crag was a bitterly cold place to hang around so we found a
bit of shelter for a quick break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
difference in temperature out of the wind was considerable and set the tone for
a day of constant gear faffs as we added and removed layers to try and keep
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on the top of Tarn Crag, however before heading over to it we made the rather
boggy detour over Sleddale Fell to Harrop
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Tarn Crag we made our way over some very sloshy and at times horribly bouncy
ground where a thin skin of vegetation now sits atop of what remains of Tarn Crag
Tarn. The tarn is marked on the map still even though nothing can be
seen on the surface! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the summit we met the first person of the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Beyond the quarries we then used a wall as a handrail to
lead us to the summit of Kentmere Pike. In the shelter of the wall we were absolutely
lathered and down to base layers as we toiled up the hill, only to end up
feeling nithered on the last section to the summit as the wall turned southwest
leaving us exposed to the strong northerly wind. Here we were also greeted by a
brief snow shower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking at my records the last time we were here was the 7</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
September 1997, so a return, while not a new tick on our Wainwright’s quest,
was certainly worth the effort just to reacquaint ourselves with the summit views.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now with jumper and duvet jacket back on we did not hang
around and headed off in the direction of Shipman Knotts.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the way we detoured to Goat Scar for no
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That’s 4 Wainwrights bagged, but only 3 new ticks as
Kentmere Pike had been done previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This leaves us 58 to do in total and only 2 more to do (Wansfell Pike
and Troutdale Tongue) to complete the Far Eastern Fells.</span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-45283433367206655732019-05-03T02:34:00.003-07:002019-05-03T02:34:54.681-07:00Wainwright’s - Sour Howes and Sallows<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we decided to attempt to complete the Wainwright’s one
of the reasons was to encourage us to get onto hills we would probably not have
either thought of doing, or indeed, did not think worth the effort. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sour Howes (483m) and Sallows (516m) are good examples in
that they are relatively low is stature and tend to be overlooked in favour of
higher neighbours such as Yoke and Ill Bell. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition b</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eing located on the southern side of Kirkstone Pass makes them quite a drive for us, so all things considered they would not normally
appear on our radar.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parking at Church Bridge we made our way along the Garburn
Road accompanied by a few fleecy early morning commuters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The track is an old packhorse route linking Troutbeck with
Kentmere. There are several similar ones here and after a few hundred metres we
crossed another called the Longmire Road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Garburn Road runs along the lower slopes of both hills, but we
left it after a kilometre or so and after crossing yet another track, this one
is called the Dubbs road, we began making our way diagonally up the hillside on
a faint path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is marked
Applethwaite Common on the map and as height is gained there are good views
over Windermere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just before the summit we came to a boundary wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After crossing the wall we found ourselves
weaving between several hummocks, a few of which could probably lay claim to
being the highest point of Sour Howes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As usual we wandered onto the
highest ones just for the hell of it. The Wainwright top however is a little
knoll in the centre. As Moira often says when we are trying to find the exact
spot, you can usually tell the Wainwright top as it always gives the best views
regardless of whether it is the true summit or not.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was certainly true here and the other
main top we checked out, while appearing a similar height, did not enjoy such a
good a outlook.</span></div>
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Head. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a few hundred metres we
crossed the wall on a stile and began the ascent of Sallows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The going was easy if a little boggy in
places and we soon found ourselves on the summit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Celebrating the completion of another two hills with a
coffee and a sarnie another couple arrived.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were easy going Wainwright baggers too and like us happy to chat
about all things outdoors. As is often the case when meeting strangers we had
loads in common and as well as being keen campervanners like us, they actually
had family connections in Teesdale where we live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were heading back the same way as us so we descended
the hill together. We hardly noticed the 3km walk back along the Garburn road
as we chatted about travels in common and put the world to rights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all a great day out with some good company on two lovely little hills we would never have given a second thought to. As our Wainwright journey continues I suspect there may well be a few more gems like these hidden in plain sight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s 2 more Wainwright’s done, leaving us 61 to go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-34419344838181995842019-04-26T07:41:00.000-07:002019-05-07T08:49:28.349-07:00Wainwright’s - Beda Fell and The Nab<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of all the Wainwright’s the Nab was one I wasn’t particularly looking forward to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a hill where
access restrictions are in place due to deer management and conservation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frustratingly despite this being open access
land the walker is discouraged from accessing the fell by any of the shorter approaches/descents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead you are expected to access it from the south via boggiest and longest routes possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
deer management is taking place (being shot) between September and February then the whole area may even be closed to walkers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being outside of the culling season, but still I assume with restrictions in place ,our plan was to climb Beda Fell and
then work our way around the head of the valley via Angle tarn and then access the Nab via the western shoulder of Rest Dodd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parking beside St Martin’s Church, which
unfortunately was locked at this time of a morning, we made our way over
Christy Bridge to take the path leading onto Howstead Brow.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Christy Bridge with Beda Fell ahead</span></td></tr>
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seat with good views towards Hallin Fell, Gowbarrow Fell and Place Fell,
among others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moira on Winter Crag with the view towards the summit of Beda Fell (Beda Head). The summit is just left of centre. The north top is to the right.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From Winter Crag it was a steady pull up to a prominent cairn which marks the north top of Beda Fell. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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had to make our way around the head of the valley it looked like it would be a
quite an effort, especially so if we had to retrace our steps for a good part
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exercise and ticking off summits, we also like to explore a little. In
particular we always keep an eye out for wildlife, or detour to seek out places
with some geological or historical interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some time ago I had read of a plane that had crashed up here during the
Second World War. The aircraft, a Lockheed Hudson MK 5 (Serial Number AM680)
came down here on 10<sup>th</sup> November 1942 while on a night navigation
exercise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Initial searches for the aircraft from the air were
unsuccessful due to poor weather, but late the following day the aircraft was found
by searchers on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly none
of the crew, John Frederick Saunders (Pilot), Derric Isaac Jones (Navigator/Air
Bomber), Stanley Alfred Jones (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) and Harold
Dickinson (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) survived the crash.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aware of their sacrifice, but as we were to walk within a few hundred metres of
the crash site we decided to stop off and pay our respects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aircraft where the aircraft impacted the hillside. If you walk this way perhaps you could spare a few moments to remember to the crew as you pass by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tarn, but decided to miss out the summits of the nearby Angle Tarn Pikes and
Rest Dodd as we had done these previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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found ourselves looking over some very boggy looking peat hags between us and
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headed outside to look at the ancient Yew tree which is thought to be at least
1300 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the other hills before, namely Tarn Crag and Sergeant Man, but as we did not have any
photos or dates of ascent a revisit had to be made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we planned a couple of escape routes down to Easedale Tarn if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just after 7.30am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Ahead we could see our first hill of the day - Silver How</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Silver How from Grasmere</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hike up to Silver How via the track leading from Red
Bank road seemed hard work at first, but by the time we reached the path junction leading up to the summit we
had got our second wind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking back towards Grasmere from the Silver How path.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The summit of Silver How with the View towards Helm Crag (R)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite the
sunny spells it was bitterly cold on top so we scurried across towards Blea
Rigg via some lovely tarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moira crossing below Lang How</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Skirting the
impressive wee hill of Lang How and several more small tarns we eventually found our way onto the craggy summit of Blea Rigg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From Blea Rigg we could have worked our way across to Tarn
Crag to cut the day short, but feeling fairly good we decided to do the longer
round and started making our way to Sergeant Crag.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> On the way we found a sheltered spot for a break which gave good views of Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving on we threaded our way between small hills and crags before working our way up to the summit of Sergeant Man. On top we met a couple doing their first
ever hill. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They said they had got a bit
lost on the way.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By their own admission they
did not have a map, or compass and were just using an article torn out of Trail
magazine and a phone to navigate! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sergeant Man with Coldale Head beyond</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have been on High Raise several times but given the good
visibility we had a wander over to take in the views.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just as I reached the trig and lady came up
to me and asked if I was heading to Grasmere.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I pointed the way we had come and said Grasmere is that way.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She looked surprised and said oh I thought it
was that way as she pointed in the opposite direction.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I could of course see how that mistake could
be made if you were navigating with just a guidebook, which was all she
appeared to be using.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pointing to Sergeant Man I said perhaps the
easiest way would be to head to that and then follow the path to the left of it
down to the tarns.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Oh dear” she said, “I think I have got myself
a bit confused I actually came up that way”.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was going to add that she could follow us back towards Codale Head and
we would show her the path, but she tootled off before I could say anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After wandering around and grabbing a few pics we followed
the remains of an old boundary fence towards Codale Head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">View down towards Grasmere from Tarn Crag</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While there we had a wander over to another cairn from which we had good
views over Easedale Tarn towards Windermere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Easdale Tarn from just below the Cairn</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dropping down we then trended rightwards across boggy ground
to cross Sourmilk Gill a couple of hundred metres below the outlet of Easedale
tarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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down Easedale and then into Grasmere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one Wainwright, but not the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
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weather was it seemed shame not to include Glaramara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The summit has several high points with cairns and in mist it
would be easy to mistake one or the other as the summit. We visited them all and on a day like today why wouldn't you, the views were spectacular.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the summit of Glaramara we headed south a bit to avoid the
crags before heading diagonally across the flanks of Combe Head towards the top of Combe
Door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From up here we could clearly see
the ground we would be passing over to get to Bessyboot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the crags, tarns and ups and downs, it
is easy to see why it is a popular spot for navigation assessments and
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short was rather draining energy wise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was at this point I also realised that as
the only one daft enough to come out without a hat I had a badly sunburned face
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Rottenstone Gill before traversing around the lower flanks of Bessyboot and
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Western area we couldn’t resist heading over to tidy things up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more roundabout route but in the end we took the lazy option and had our lunch just
below the summit before dawdling back to the car. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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70 left to do</span></span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-76571437966276117932019-04-01T04:45:00.001-07:002019-04-01T23:31:12.616-07:00Wainwrights - Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts<br />
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couple that we could bag without pushing ourselves too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set above Buttermere these two fitted the
bill perfectly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parking in the Mill Bank lay-by we headed down into the
village before taking the footpath opposite Crag Houses up onto the open
fellside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Looking back we had cracking views across Buttermere to Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag.</span></span></div>
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were lots of paths leading in the general direction we needed to go, so we just chose one that
headed in the general direction of Whiteless Breast, a small top on the broad
ridge leading to Whiteless Pike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rannerale Knotts as we would be returning to here to climb that once we had
done Whiteless Pike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In no hurry we made a short detour onto the top Whiteless
Breast to have a cup of coffee and enjoy the view. On the way up we had been
chilled by a constant cold wind, but once in the shelter of some rocks we
enjoyed some spring warmth.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The View from Whiteless Breast with Rannerdale Knotts ahead and Mellbreak rising steeply up from the far side of Crummock Water</td></tr>
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linger to long and after a few pics we made our way down via our route of
ascent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some wonderful light began to rake the valley as we made our way down</span></td></tr>
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the path onto Rannerdale Knotts so we had a nice pleasant wander along the
ridge to the summit at its western end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-42911805793723092832019-01-03T21:20:00.002-08:002019-01-03T21:20:33.932-08:00Wainwright’s - Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head and High Raise<br />
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done but did not have a record of doing, so we decided on a straightforward out
and back walk taking in Kidsty Pike and Rampsgill Head, both of which had
definitely been bagged previously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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along its eastern shore to Bowderthwaite Bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here we left the main path and made our way diagonally up a very boggy section towards the broad ridge which connects
Kidsty Howes with Kidsty Pike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately as the ground steepened the bogs were left behind and we
soon found ourselves on Kidsty Howes where we had a second breakfast as the sun
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of the higher hills and despite noticing a loss of fitness it was still a pleasant
if rather tiring plod up onto the summit of Kidsty Pike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spectacular if rather hazy views towards the Helvellyn range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s 3 Wainwright’s completed in total, but only one new
one we can tick off our list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-62528647723271446292018-11-18T02:35:00.000-08:002018-11-19T06:20:11.138-08:00Wainwright’s - Base Brown and Green Gable<br />
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but Base Brown was yet another of the “only one of us had climbed it variety”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The steep path up the side of the gill meant height was gained quite quickly and the views soon opened out.</span></div>
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until it flattened out and then struck diagonally east up the hillside towards the
hanging stone, a large boulder that juts precariously out over the crag
guarding the northern approach to Base Brown. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passing under the crag we were still in deep shadow and it
was cold, but as we traversed around to the east side to outflank it we came
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a cold wind meant we had to huddle behind a rock in the shade for our coffee. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ahead
the way onto Green Gable was clear and we could see a few people making their
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to head off route to a rocky top just above the Gillercombe Head path, which gives good
view down into Ennerdale.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am glad we
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The view down Ennerdale towards the coast with Pillar on the left and Haystacks, High Crag and High Stile on the right. The hills, center right in the far distance may possibly be Great Borne and Herdus? </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The aircraft, an </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Avro Anson Mk1 (Serial No DL222/A2)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> flew into the hillside in bad weather
while on a night-time navigation exercise (three others also crashed that night)! T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hree of the aircrew survived, but sadly Sgt W Panasik (Polish Air Force) and Sgt E. A. Loppe (Royal Canadian Air Force) did not. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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many of these places there is no memorial. In fact there wasn’t even a poppy, which surprised us given that Remembrance Sunday was only last week.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I suppose that may be due to the fact that
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From Stockley Bridge it was a gentle wander along the track to Seathwaite and our start point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">139 of 214 completed, 75 to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-88667508350750932562018-11-06T07:14:00.000-08:002018-11-08T05:05:10.515-08:00Wainwright’s - Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Stybarrow Dodd and Hart Side<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of these two hills, Great Dodd was one of the “only one of
us had done it variety,” while Hart Side was a new one to us both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parking at High Row we headed along the coach road for 600m
or so before picking up the Bridleway alongside Groove Beck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Crossing over Matterdale Common i</span>t was pretty icy in places and to say there
was a biting wind would be an understatement. The views were great though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Great Mell Fell and Little Mell Fell from Matterdale Common just before Randerside.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Great Dodd from the cairn on Randerside</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A quick break at the cairn on Randerside left us chilled to
the bone and it took a good stomp up onto the summit of Great Dodd to warm us
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The windchill on top was really uncomfortable
and I ended up with frozen fingers before I could even drag my camera out of
its bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result we did not hang
around and headed off in the direction of Watson's Dodd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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lee of Great Dodd we were sheltered from the wind and within ten minutes we had
to stop and strip off a couple of layers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Another ten minutes later and everything was back on again as the
approach to the summit of Watson's Dodd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As there was very little
shelter out of the wind </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we headed straight off towards White Stones where I
knew there was some rocks just below the summit where we could have our lunch
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wind to the side now a much more comfortable walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The views from here along Ullswater were stunning – what a cracking viewpoint.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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but in the end took the less direct route using the wall leading towards Brown
Hills as a handrail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for a
slightly longer walk but it was nicely sheltered from the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Easy if rather boggy walking led down to the farm at
Dowthwaite Head where we then followed the road back to our start point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the others on previous walks we only get to tick off another two.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-15832361483713268432018-10-28T08:57:00.003-07:002018-11-08T05:02:55.482-08:00Wainwright's - Sca Fell and Slight Side From Wasdale Head<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sca Fell, the second highest mountain in the Lake District is
often overlooked by the masses in order to tick off its near namesake Scafell
Pike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The latter may be the highest
mountain in the Lakes, but for me it is Sca Fell, or perhaps more accurately
its North Face that has always held my interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I write my mind wanders to those long walk
in’s and the occasional camp, all of which were followed by summer and winter climbs
on classics routes such as Moss Ghyll, Moss Ghyll Grooves and Botterill’s Slabs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wonderful memories shared with some great
pals and all still clearly etched in my mind despite the passage of time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can also remember the descent down Broad Stand too, as it
was invariably wet and greasy and often felt a great deal more dangerous than
the actual graded climbs we had just done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I mention the latter as the Wasdale Team had just rescued two people
from there just before we arrived at the National Trust campsite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given the publicity this spot has received
due to the injuries and indeed deaths that have occurred here it amazes me that
none climbers still continue to attempt it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In reminiscing over those climbs I did wonder if I had
climbed Sca Fell before, however a look at the map suggested I had probably only
been on the summit of Symonds Knott a few hundred metres to the north of the
true summit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A little further south is another Wainwright, namely Slight
Side, so a plan was hatched to take in both. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking up from the National Trust’s Wasdale Head campsite we could see a few of the higher tops were covered in cloud, but most were clear. With a forecast suggested an improving day with sunny spells we set off a little later than normal to give the higher hills time to clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a result it was just after 9.30am when the four of us (Moira, Graham and Sandra)
set off along the old Wasdale to Eskdale corpse road.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was followed to the far end of Fence
Wood, where we left the main track and headed up the bridleway towards Burnmoor
Tarn.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was very boggy underfoot and by the time we reached
Maiden Castle, a Bronze Age burial mound, I was already bleating about having
damp feet - I really must get some new boots!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rather than continue on the path to the tarn where it looked
even boggier we headed diagonally up the fell towards Slight Side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While working out way around the numerous
boggy sections we lost the main path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rather than try to relocate the main path we crossed Hard Rigg Gill lower
down and began following various sheep trod's which led in the general direction
of Slight Side. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the final approach just below the summit crags we came
across the remains of two Hurricane aircraft that had crashed here in
1941.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly neither of the Polish pilots
survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The nearby memorial to the
airmen looks out over this lonely fell side and as the cloud came in it created a
poignant if somewhat eerie reminder of the price paid by people who were not
just from the UK, but also from other European countries as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly this is just one of number of crash
sites in the Lake District.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The memorial plaque to Polish pilots P/O Zygmund Hohne and Sgt Stanislaw Karubin who lost their lives here on the 12th August 1941.</span></div>
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research later and found out that Sgt Karubin had fought in Poland and after escaping
the Germans he went on to fight in the battle for France. Later he fought in
the Battle of Britain and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.</span></div>
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down to a few metres so it was just a case of making our way over rocky ground
until we hit the highest point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shower we thought but by the time we had dropped under the cloud it was pouring
down - so much for the good forecast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-81786528375775469032018-10-17T02:33:00.000-07:002018-10-17T02:39:47.217-07:00Wainwright’s- Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam, Helvellyn and White Side.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Moira and I
have walked over the top of Birkhouse Moor on many occasions when climbing
Helvellyn, but that said neither of us could visualise having ever been on the summit.
The only way to resolve this was to revisit the location and perhaps also have
a wander over to enjoy the view from its north top as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catstye Cam on the other hand had definitely
been climbed by me, but not by Moira.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
address this we devised a walk onto Helvellyn that would also give us a little bit
of adventure in the form of the fine little arête of Swirral Edge as a bonus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Accompanied
by our friends G&S we left the Gillside campsite and made our way up via
the Mires Beck track.</span></div>
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lots of people about on the main track, but as soon as we left it to walk the
few hundred metres to Birkhouse Moor’s north top we lost the crowds.</span></div>
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the main track we joined the crowds again as we walked onto and over the true
summit of Birkhouse Moor. Once there we realised we had done it many times
before, still at least we could be sure and tick it off our list now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite being keen to stop for a few minutes
the arrival of a noisy group of walkers heading towards Striding Edge pushed us
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quieter as we left the main path to make our way towards Catstye Cam and by the
time we reached its east ridge, there were only two people and a dog ahead of
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Despite the crowds it was heartening to see very little in the way of litter. Whether the relatively litter free summit was down to people having carried out a litter pick recently, or whether it was down to people respecting the hills I don’t know – I do hope it is the latter though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">From here we descended into Keppel Cove
and then followed the track down through Greenside, stopping off on the way for
a pint of Helvellyn Gold at the Youth Hostel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">All in all it
was a grand wander that gave us 4 Wainwrights in total, but only 2 new ones to
tick off. That leaves us 81 Wainwrights left to go. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wasdale area next I think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-29110301349088973002018-10-05T03:39:00.001-07:002018-10-05T06:13:48.627-07:00Wainwright's - Steel Fell, Calf Crag, Gibson's Knott and Helm Crag.<br />
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Crag dominates the view to the north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
viewed from the A591 road two pinnacles on its craggy summit attract the eye.
The Howitzer, the tallest of the two, leans out over the east face and is the
true summit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little climbing skill and
a certain amount of nerve is required for the walker to stand on the rocky top
and as a result many walkers are happy just to touch the base of the pinnacle
and declare the fell achieved. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> F</span>or the
Wainwright bagger it probably doesn't really matter if you climb those last few feet to the top or not, as Wainwright himself never managed to do it either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little further to the south and just a
little lower is another craggy outcrop known as the Lion and the lamb. This is
a much easier and safer proposition, yet at the same time has plenty of
exposure on its eastern side for those who would like to experience it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Running north from here a broad ridge containing 2 other
Wainwright’s - Gibson’s Knott and Calf Crag. These can be linked via a certain amount
of boggy walking to the higher Wainwright of Steel Fell to form a nice 4 top circular walk from Grasmere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anticlockwise direction starting from the A591 a little south of Mill
Bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Our reasoning behind the decision was nothing more than to have a pub at the end in Grasmere and to do the highest hill first.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appeared and we were treated to some beautiful crepuscular rays sweeping along
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while we had a break in the lee of some rocks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the fact we had been down to T-shirts
on the way up a nithering wind from the northeast meant we did not hang around
too long. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very boggy ground which follows the remains of the boundary fence west to Calf
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behind one of the many rocky knolls and had a break. Wrapped up as we were
against a cold wind we were surprised to see quite a few folk up here just
wearing shorts, although to be fair they did look rather cold.</span><br />
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Carrs to Gibson’s Knott. There was little wind here and it was really hot. No wonder those in shorts got a cold surprise on Calf Crag. It also shows just how localised the weather can be too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sociable affair with plenty of people still heading up the steep path and keen
for an excuse to stop and have a chat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Located to the south of Causey Pike and Sail, Knott Rigg and
Ard Crags hold a wonderful position above the Newlands Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 556m and 581m respectively they are not
high mountains by any means, but what they lack in stature they make up for in their
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certainly woke up our lungs and legs, but at least we had perfect excuse to
stop in the form of the wonderful Moss Force in spate to look at. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the same idea) meant we did not feel too taxed despite a couple of false
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weather looked to be improving too and while Helvellyn was cloud capped a few breaks
were appearing over Clough Head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was nothing like the forecast rain, so we were more than happy with the forecast being wrong so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said by the time we had finished our
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climbed up towards its summit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the
way we met a couple who had passed us while we were having our coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stephen and Sharon it turned out also lived in
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chatting about the weather, photography and mountains in general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While on the summit the sun decided to make an appearance,
causing a few isolated patches of still flowering heather we hadn’t even noticed
earlier to glow like warm coals. Against a backdrop of brooding fells and emerald coloured fields the view was spectacular.</span></div>
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viewed from Sykeside, yet despite its
obvious attractions this was the only hill in the Brothers Water area we had yet to climb. I am not sure why we have left it till last, but assume it was the attractions of loftier and craggier neighbours like Dove Crag that have enticed us away.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With regard to Little Hart Crag we have made the short detour
to its summit a few times while heading to and from Scandale Pass, simply
because it makes a grand viewpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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continues above High Hartsop Dodd, making today a two Wainwright walk, but only
one new tick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Waking to rain rattling on the roof of our campervan and
with all of the tops clagged in, we did not really feel like doing these two tops as part of a longer walk taking in Dove Crag, so instead decided on a
short day which would take us directly up the nose of High Hartsop Dodd and
then along the ridge to Little Hart Crag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Accompanied by friends G&S we took the track from the Sykeside
campsite up to Hartsop Hall and then headed over the fields. As the climbing
started so did a light drizzle, but rather than keeping us cool it left us
feeling rather hot and muggy in our waterproofs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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as we reached a wall crossing the ridge at right angles. That relief however,
was rather short lived as the view disappeared and it began to rain harder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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zero view we sat in the lee of some rocks near the summit and had something to
eat and drink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time we had
finished the rain was hammering down and streaming off our waterproofs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With visibility now down to a few feet, we located the metal
boundary fence and then followed this south to Scandale Pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From here it was a damp splodge down Caiston
Glen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost at the bottom the rain
stopped, the clouds cleared and the sun shone on the tops we had just
visited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahh well you can’t win em all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least we were able to grab a pint of
Wainwright’s in the pub to console ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh, and I picked up a horrible little hitchhiker on my side,
although that did not become apparent until the day after.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not sure if it was on my kit and then got onto me the next day <br />or whether it was there overnight. No bulls-eye rash yet so fingers crossed.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-63244784513037818052018-09-09T13:07:00.000-07:002018-10-05T03:42:11.708-07:00Wainwright's - High Pike and Binsey.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After last week’s Skiddaw round we only had two Wainwright’s
left to do in the Northern section – namely High Pike and Binsey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem was they were at opposite sides
of the Uldale and Caldbeck Fells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Neither of these hills warranted a full day on their own so we originally planned to bag High Pike and perhaps head over to Carrock
Fell again, (we have been onto the latter several times) to make a good days circular walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would then leave Binsey for
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high tops would be in cloud, so in the end we decided to go for High Pike on its
own and if we felt OK once we got back down, we would drive around to Binsey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parking near Carrock Beck on the eastern side of High Pike we headed up via Driggeth Mines and the southern slopes of Low Pike.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Occasionally the sun broke through creating some atmospheric conditions, but it didn't last.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As expected High Pike was in cloud so we only
stayed long enough for a few pics and a bite to eat in the rocky shelter just
to the east.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was still a great walk
though, and the first hill of the summer we have not had a view from. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just before noon, leaving us plenty of time for Binsey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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40 minutes later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a diminutive
little hill it is a great viewpoint and one I would happily do again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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top and had a look at the Tumulus, but all of the time our eyes were drawn
across the valley towards Skiddaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raked
by shafts of light and with her summit shrouded by swirling cloud Skiddaw
looked spectacular.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So that’s all of the Northern Wainwright’s completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been great fun revisiting some fells
and enjoying others we would probably not have bothered with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will certainly be revisiting some of them
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">© David Forster</span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-25993830334565824032018-09-03T01:57:00.001-07:002018-09-03T03:16:48.217-07:00Skiddaw Round and a Hill Too Far – Dodd, Carl Side, Skiddaw, Little Man, Longside Edge and Bakestall.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We only have 6 Wainwright’s to do in order to complete all
of the Wainwright’s in the Northern Fells. Namely, High Pike, Binsey, Bakestall, Low Man,
Lonscale Fell, and Dodd. Of these High
Pike, Binsey and Bakstall would probably have to be done as single hills, but
on the map it looked like the others could linked together, albeit with a
longish road walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parking at the top of the Gale road in the Lattrigg car park
we decided to get the road walking out of the way and go for Dodd first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately the road below the Skiddaw range
is nice and quiet with some great views south over Derwent Water and Braithwaite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passing through the quiet villages of Applethwaite and
Millbeck, we took the Allerdale Ramble path up through deep bracken until we
reached the edge of Thornthwaite Forest.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not keen on these deep bracken paths. Ticks love these places.</span></td></tr>
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felled.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here the ground was churned up
so much we found it difficult to work out where the right of way went.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end we opted for a rather circuitous
route following the forest roads instead.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once on the summit of Dodd we had a break and passed the
time naming the hills while we drank our coffee.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was quite satisfying to note we had stood
on a fair few of them already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving on our next goal was Carl Side, which was climbed via
White Stones. Here we fell in behind a large group about to tackle the loose
path up onto Skiddaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At this point we
should have headed off towards Little Man, but after getting a good look at the
ground to the north of Skiddaw I suggested we could perhaps bag Bakestall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes it would mean losing and regaining a lot
of height, but it would at least mean we got an extra hill out of the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also noticed that on the return, rather
than re-ascend back over the summit of Skiddaw, we could instead traverse below
it along a fence line which would bring us out in the col between Little Man
and Skiddaw itself. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moira was keen too and with plan hatched we dropped down to
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great views and with hindsight it is a hill we should really have left for
another day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed a shame just to
bag the hill for the sake of it, particularly so as the route up via Whitewater
Dash falls offers a fine walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a
hill we fully intend to revisit and do justice to in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the fence and began to follow it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
a few hundred meters we had to lose some height where the upper reaches of the
River Caldew cuts into the flank of Skiddaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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downward foot. It made for some awkward walking, so by the time we had climbed
up to the col and the path below Little Man, our aching knees suggested the short
cut was not such a good idea after all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fair to say we were starting to feel the miles a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From here we could at least see that the
route onto Lonscale Fell was straightforward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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traversing, but at least with the last hill of the day bagged we were in no
hurry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After this it was just a case of
following the well-worn Skiddaw path past the Hawell Monument back to the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drive home it is safe to say that in hindsight we should definitely have left
Bakestall for another day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Little Man, and Lonscale Fell bagged that leaves us 92 to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple more trips should take us into the
80’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-47540661964684220542018-08-17T01:13:00.000-07:002018-08-17T02:25:44.734-07:00Theme Park or National Park?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In among all the anger and doom and gloom surrounding the
steady but relentless limiting of access to the hills for the less well off,
and of course the drive to turn our National Parks into cash generating theme parks,
I learnt a new word today after sharing these images on Twitter and
highlighting how wonderful the woods where I live smelled in the rain. The person commenting said
“Petrichor is a wonderful thing”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Petrichor incidentally is the pleasant smell that frequently accompanies
the first rain after a long spell of dry weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That morning while standing in the pouring
rain, the sights, sounds, and smells of those woods were indeed a wonderful
thing. I don’t have a single word to describe those feelings, but they are with
me now as I look at the images. They remind me how lucky I am to be able to
enjoy the outdoors without needing to be enticed out there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perhaps a bit deep for some, but enjoying the outdoors is so
much more than just looking at the view. If you don’t immerse yourself in the
landscape and feel it with all your senses, you are merely an observer.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you don’t have any spiritual connection to
the landscape and it’s not a part of your very soul, then you may never
understand how much it means to enjoy the outdoors regardless of how well off
you are.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perhaps it is that lack of
empathy that explains in part why some folk only see the monetary value in such
places and have no problem with theme park developments, or </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the notion of paying for access.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sadly for some people the choice is now becoming head to the
hills, or spend money in local businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Certainly for my own well-being the choice must be the hills…. at least
it will be until I am priced out too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would prefer it otherwise but there you go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Talking of the olfactory senses, after all those years of
hard won protections and freedoms to enjoy our landscapes, over in the Lake District we now have the
repulsive stench of corporate greed to contend with. Its pervasive odour, often
disguised as promoting and even conserving the landscape has now found its way
onto the boards of our National Parks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
it has always been there and people like me have been naive in thinking
otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Lake District the
battle lines have been drawn yet again and after the fight to save the area around
Thirlmere, we now face another to fight, this time the cable car plans which threaten
to overwhelm the quaint village of Braithwaite. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Theme Park, or National Park, that’s the choice now, so if you are sitting on the fence it really is time to wake up and decide which you prefer. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-43757443687010756712018-08-14T01:13:00.002-07:002018-08-19T02:27:17.751-07:00More Wainwright Bagging – Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Due to an enforced layoff from mountains due to re-occurring
problems with plantar fasciitis, Moira and I were keen to get back to the Lakes
again and enjoy a few more Wainwright’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We needed something that wasn’t too taxing and the area
to the west of Mungrisdale looked like it would fit the bill as there were a
couple of hills there, namely Bowscale Fell (702m) and Souther Fell (522m) we
had not climbed. Set between these two hills was Bannerdale Crags (683m), a
hill we had previously climbed back in 1999.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It would certainly be no hardship to do this again and after a look at
the map we soon came up with a pleasant route that would take them all in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Mungrisdale to take the track beside the river Glendermackin up to a flood
damaged area by a bridge. Here the path splits with one bearing left to follow
the river and the other continuing along the southerly flank of the
Tongue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking the right hand path we
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At this point we had a bit of a "wish we had
chosen the east ridge moment", as the rocky nature of the upper section looked
like it would make a nice scramble towards the top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately it would mean a long down and
up from here, so we mentally added it to our ever increasing list of routes to
do and plodded on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s a bit of a long pull up to the col between Bowscale
Fell and Bannerdale Crags, but in the cool of the morning it was no hardship,
especially so given the great views back down the valley. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once at the broad grassy col we headed north
to the summit of Bowscale Fell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We couldn't leave without a quick detour to the north top of Bowscale Fell</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Backtracking to the coll we then headed up to Bannerdale
Crags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Staying close to the craggy
escarpment gave us good views down into Bannerdale and beyond to the North Pennines
where Cross Fell and the Dun Fells could be seen despite some haze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The summit Cairn of Bannerdale Crags</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the summit we headed northwest to the col between
Blencathra and Bannerdale Crags itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
led us along the upper reaches of the River Glendermackin on an easy path that
gave cracking views of Blencathra - particularly Sharp Edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looked busy over there and even from down
here we could see lots of little stick like figures making their way along the
ridge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sharp Edge from the north</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the point where the river swung in a loop around the southerly nose of Bannerdale Crags, marked White Horse Bent on the map, we
crossed over the river via a footbridge and then made our way up onto Souther
Fell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Easy walking took us to the cairn
Wainwright sketched for his books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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is not the summit however, and after a quick photo we wandered over several
high points until we reached the true summit at the northern end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With no sign of the ghostly “Spectral Army of Souter Fell”
that is said to walk this ridge on certain days. <a href="https://esmeraldamac.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/the-ghostly-procession-at-souther-fell/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Click here for an account of the tale</span></a> we made a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">steady decent down course grassy slopes to a point where the path skirts rightwards. Here the path led us through chest deep bracken to bring
us out on the road above the in-bye land.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A short walk down the road brought us to our start point.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A nice pint in the Mill Inn rounded off a great
days walking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Distance 14k</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">96 to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739575111461729992.post-48335491307902771172018-08-02T11:40:00.001-07:002018-08-02T12:05:04.088-07:00Parking Charges at Arrochar – The Outdoor Access Tax<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There has quite rightly been outrage at the 800% rise in
parking fees at Arrochar announced by Argyll and Bute council.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such charges are nothing new if you live in
the Lake District of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here high charges
are the norm and you won’t get much change from a tenner in the popular places. Such charges in reality are nothing more than an access tax.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few places in the Lakes still exist where parking is free but it only a matter of time before these too succumb to high parking charges. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paying such high fees to access the hills if you arrive by
car is bad enough, but what has shocked me just as much is the gullibility of some
outdoor users, either in accepting, or indeed supporting such charges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A common thread seems to be, it’s only fair we pay to access the hills to cover such things as the car parks themselves, path
repairs, or make up the funding shortfall for councils and the national parks
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few even seem happy with the notion
of high prices reducing the number of people heading to the hills!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But hang on let’s just take a step back here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why on earth do some people think it is
acceptable to pay a tax to park when we are already paying taxes? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahh I hear you say, what about funding cuts by
the Government, the shortfall should be made up by outdoor users, it’s only
fair surely?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all there is no magic
money tree, at least not according to the likes of Theresa May.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well in short it seems to be down to priorities and the outdoors and
the environment are sitting somewhere near the bottom of the list when it comes
to government providing money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the
other end of the spectrum of course, such places are top of the list when it
comes to money making opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don’t be conned into thinking there isn’t enough money
because this really does come down to priorities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all there was more than enough money to
pay the DUP £1.5 billion to side with the Tories after the last election. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more than enough money to pay large
subsidies to farmers and the renewables industry for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, we certainly seem to be able to find
plenty of money to fund wars and drop bombs on people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it comes to politicians themselves, many
of which are among the richest people in our country, they have no problem in
asking tax payers to fork out some £3.7 million for food and drink subsidies
within the House of Commons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
examples are just a tiny proportion compared to the Billions given to big
businesses in the form of tax breaks of course. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When it comes to arguments about why people should pay to
park, the trump card seems to be the environment. Interestingly people
conveniently forget about industries such as grouse shooting and renewables that
really do cause some serious damage to our upland areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact it could be argued that grouse
shooting and the renewables industry between them have a much greater impact
than our boots will ever have. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add in
the fact that there are several groups using donations to repair footpaths all
over the country and the argument for taxes to cover these costs seems much
less compelling as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So let’s be blunt here, what governments really mean when
they make cuts to national parks and local councils - is the environment is not
a priority, what is a priority however is making money from the people who
value it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Given how important the outdoors is to the health and
well-being of millions of people, surely instead of rolling over and paying, we should,
along with the organisation that represent us, be lobbying governments
harder to give more money to the National Parks and councils who provide
parking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thing for certain we should
not be picking up the shortfall willingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">© David Forster</span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061493122424534813noreply@blogger.com0