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Greendale: Whin Rigg to Illgill Head

I left Little Greendale just after 7am. The clouds were down over the fells, but I was hoping for a weather window later this morning. I would be walking up to Whin Rigg along the top of the Wasdale Screes to Illgill Head and down to Brackenclose NT...

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Greendale

When Sue and I did the Middle Fell, Seatallan & Buckbarrow walk back in March we noticed that Joss Naylor’s former cottage in Greendale was now one of Sally’s Holiday Cottages. Joss was a sheep farmer and legendary fell runner. I had...

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Walla Crag to High Tove & Watendlath

The dry weather was continuing so Sue and I drove to Ashness Bridge in order to walk up to Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat and High Tove, continuing down to Watendlath cafe and returning along the valley floor. It was an ideal day to tackle The...

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Muncaster Fell

Today I parked in the lay-by near Muncaster Castle and took the lane up to Muncaster Tarn and Fell. The weather had been very dry so the extra walk to Silver Knott, which is usually quite boggy, and down to Muncaster Head Farm, was on the cards. I wo...

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Arthur’s Pike & Bonscale Pike

We have had a long spell of dry weather so Sue and I decided on a walk up Barton Fell from Pooley Bridge to explore The Cockpit Stone Circle and generally have a mooch around before heading to Arthur’s Pike and Bonscale Pike without the risk of...

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Blackcombe with Tom

On Easter Sunday Tom and I decided on a walk up Blackcombe. We started walking at 8.30am so we could be sure of getting back to the church car park well before the start of the Easter Service. The route is just under five miles there and back. ...

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