tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91684365387431264212024-03-13T03:54:08.936+00:00FellRamblerIn May 2014 I began my challenge to walk the 214 Wainwright's in 214 days! - I've done it!!!
I hope you enjoy reading my adventure and the inane ramblings of FellRambler Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168436538743126421.post-27626476447748923732023-06-28T11:54:00.001+01:002023-06-28T11:54:58.202+01:00Brewer's Loop<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYkHTCJPYAyXkc3-obAFmiazeBxYwDiyN2RsXB5L0zEPWafxN2AFQgXK_hlvncS9-jzafAqPEyys4yr2xBrwHUWzL7b-OjsPjVpFW3kuVv3j3mrVEiHwUaFjvhSyXEgpzOSWLdULh41_RAdQNprfhO2Xa3mGTIBxbWzmKJtVw7qlvE8KduwqxlV0x/s397/Brewersloop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="261" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYkHTCJPYAyXkc3-obAFmiazeBxYwDiyN2RsXB5L0zEPWafxN2AFQgXK_hlvncS9-jzafAqPEyys4yr2xBrwHUWzL7b-OjsPjVpFW3kuVv3j3mrVEiHwUaFjvhSyXEgpzOSWLdULh41_RAdQNprfhO2Xa3mGTIBxbWzmKJtVw7qlvE8KduwqxlV0x/w303-h461/Brewersloop.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brewer's Loop, the sequel to <a href="https://cumbrianrambler.blogspot.com/p/our-online-bookstore.html#!/Gin-Cake-&-Rucksacks/p/141005665/category=0" target="_blank">Gin, Cake & Rucksacks</a> is here! </p><p>After Beth & Karen toured Cumbria visiting all the Gin distilleries and telling their stories, Beth & I decide it only right to tour Cumbria once again and visit the breweries; all while dragging a beer cask along the way! </p><p>Raising funds for Mountain Rescue volunteers, we visit full size commercial breweries to family run micro breweries. </p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168436538743126421.post-11956697888621436292020-06-26T15:29:00.006+01:002020-06-30T11:03:13.921+01:00The Lake District and Cumbria Quiz eBook<div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: 16px;">Think you know Cumbria?</span></div>
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While we were away on our snowy adventures on Snowdon and seeing all the snowy fell photos back home, I fancied getting up them. I also fancied a bike ride around Thirlmere before the busy roads re-opened and now that a section of path has been upgraded to a permanent tarmac track. So I thought I'd combine the two.</div>
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Now I was going to start from the base of Dunmail for the sake of completion but I didn't fancy it first thing.</div>
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This is so much better than the boggy path that was here previously, and now makes getting to Keswick a lot easier<br />
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I also wondered if I could cycle all around Thirlmere but the road was a hive of business getting it ready for the 13th May opening<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#NotJustLakes #Reservoirs too ;-)</td></tr>
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A walk around to Friar's Crag bench...oi where's the bench gone?!<br />
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I'm always curious seeing old stones in the undergrowth so will stop at any old plaque<br />
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Looking at the hot hazy fells, they didn't look snowy, maybe the photos I saw a day earlier where from last week, so as I was enjoying my bike ride I decided to stay on. Where to? How about over Honister pass!<br />
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When I was younger before Honister reopened I hiked the lakes with my brother staying at all the youth hostels, it was wilder remote place back then, errie with rusting quarry machinery laying forgotten. Do the YHA still make you do chores? And I bet you don't have cards they rubber stamp, each with a different design to collect.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I remember making vats of porridge back in the day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmm it looks a lot steeper on bike...</td></tr>
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Now I see why cycling events choose to come up Honister from Buttermere and not go down it, it's steep! The heavy rucksack provided rear ballast to prevent bike'n'all tipping forward though it may have increased my downward speed.<br />
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Actually I didn't like the smell of burning disc brakes and the bike didn't appreciate it much. Deploy clumpy hiking boot foot brake!<br />
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Ah I remember staying here, I remember having waffles with maple syrup and ice cream for breakfast!<br />
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I continued on to see the Rannerdale bluebells which are starting to come out. I see again there is a new path forming from the river right through up the main bank, Why? You are only ruining your own photos...<br />
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About 2000 race bikes will be coming over all the passes this sunday, the Fred Whitton Challange. I thought I did quite well considering I was on a mountain bike with chunky tires, the wrong attire, size 12 clunky hiking boots, big rucksack and partially stuck on brakes.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>Great Knott - Crinkle Crags - Bow Fell - Esk Pike - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike</b></span><br />
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It has snowed a fair amount over the last week or two and the last few days have been sunny. Monday was the best you could get, no wind to boot!<br />
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One great advantage of lots of snow, no boulder field!<br />
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The last ascent quite tricky as it was steep smooth iced snow and I might not have made it if it wasn't for a friendly climber lending me his poles, cheers Noel from the Peak District! A couple in front had the same spikes but with the poles they seemed to get up fine, I wasn't getting quite the good grip.<br />
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Seeing climbers with the proper crampons and ice axe whizz up, I really must try them out!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span>A short rest, food and drink, put the camera away and a Tornado flies low over head banking sharply between us and Scafell. I like trying to get jet photos flying through the fells be generally get them banking underside not cockpit facing. Arrgh gutting!<br />
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A new side road and bridge have been built on the forest track to pass the road slip which has had its first pins in to begin its repair. A shuttle bus is now operating hourly along the west road of Thirlmere. This road at present is closed to all other traffic but you can of course walk or cycle down it.<br />
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At the time of writing this post (15/12/2015) the A591 is closed down the length of Thirlmere due to a road collapse and landslides caused by the flooding of storm Desmond. They are working hard into last light to fix this main route though the lakes, so I don't think it will be closed too much longer.<br />
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As the road was closed I thought I'd try to track down a mysterious rock/plaque called the "Rock of Names", a rock that in the 1890's Wordsworth & Coleridge carved their initials into. Blown up when the dam was made but bits are at Dove Cottage or the Wordsworth Institute, but no one really knows, lost in translation over generations I think. The usually fast road may have been free to walk down to look closely but the plaque could have been washed away in this or any previous landslides. Like looking for a needle in a...well, Cumbrian fell...<br />
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I've yet to walk along through the forest just above the road down the length of the reservoir, not sure if you even can, so walking down the road I was able to see some interesting markings I've not seen before.<br />
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"30th 9Mo 1843<br />
Fall'n from his fellows side<br />
The steed beneath is lying<br />
In harness, here he died<br />
His only fault was dying<br />
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They've done a great job clearing it all, though still lots to do. I made a point of giving all the workers, diggers and dumper trucks a wide birth so not to get in their way.<br />
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Curiously, a digger was forging its way up to the crags below Stybarrow Dodd. Curious I thought...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168436538743126421.post-11752125706682637262015-10-21T16:29:00.000+01:002015-10-21T16:40:01.268+01:00"Back to the Past" - Back to the Wainwright's<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s coming close to a year since my final Wainwright of my
214 day challenge (1 Nov 2014). It’s taken longer to write than it took to walk
and as you may have noticed I said ‘final’ so you now know I successfully
completed the challenge.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But then again
maybe you would have seen all the tweets at the time so you already knew, so no
spoiler alert here. Maybe some of you would prefer to know before
reading this blog that I completed it ok so you could read relaxed (I know some
prefer to read the ending of a book so they can watch the movie version tense-free).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Which leads me to “Back to the Future”. You may have noticed
it’s Back to the Future day today. We’ll be watching Part 2 tonight and waiting
for that moment when he enters the date 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Oct 2015 into his
Delorean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Regarding the destination date, 26<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Oct 1985, assuming
it wouldn’t cause a different temporal displacement that would shift the whole
time line thingy they should have made it Friday 25<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Oct that way
in 30 years time it would be a Sunday, still time for a party. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I don’t believe there isn’t going to be a
fancy dress party out there where everyone is dressed up in what they were
wearing in 1985. There’s a party like that happening this weekend and come on, admit it, you would
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168436538743126421.post-64791726729174537402015-03-16T22:39:00.001+00:002015-03-17T01:00:45.186+00:00Branching out...<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can't see the wood for the trees...woodn't it be good...This post is about coppicing and woodland management and I asked Beth to come out with a witty title so you can imagine the endless smut
she came up with... :rolleyes:</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Following on from CumbrianRambler’s “14 things hiking can learn from gaming ”,
woodland management has already been made into computer games such as A world
of Keflings, Age of Empires and some other farming based games. These strategy
sim games are hugely popular just as woodland management was when it started sometime after
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just as the game goes, chop trees to make logs, use the logs
to make basic Mills, Mills to process timber, timber to build houses and more
productive mills. With more productivity came the need for more skilled
workers, coppice workers and carpenters. And so the need-productivity cycle
began. Of course the next age would bring stone but I’ll leave that till I
start learning mining and dry-stone walling ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t know the facts and figures but it would seem our
British woodlands are dying and losing their biodiversity and ecosystems. As we
have become less dependent on woodlands for our livelihood previously managed
and coppiced woodlands have been neglected. Nature has been left to its own
devices and not always for the better. As woodland canopies close up the rich
array of wildlife and flowers decline so you often have completely bare ground
and field layers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Browsing animals in
particular Deer have had a big influence in changing the diversity of woodland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyway what is all this about. I have been learning lots on how
to coppice from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YnotCoppice" target="_blank">Tony the expert coppicer</a> , Cumbria Wildlife trust, Cumbria
Woodlands and private woodlands, so it’s been interesting seeing it from
different standpoints. The main concern at the moment is the heavy decline of
the High Brown Fritillary butterfly which still resides around Morecambe Bay
and south Cumbria and opening woodland floor by reintroducing coppicing gives
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This time I have been helping out with Tony at a private
wood and really appreciated being asked to help out and I think the owner was
too. With a management plan in place to get the once coppiced trees back into a
rotation by setting up a number of coups, opening the ground for flowers and butterflies,
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birds to badgers, deer to owls and even a Peregrine flying overhead into the
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felling, I'm quite pleased with myself I can use a bowsaw on a 15cm diameter tree and get it to fall exactly where I want it but I haven't ventured out into chainsawing yet:-( brash stacking, ground
clearing, log rolling, brash clearing, log stacking, tree planting
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fence building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So now we wait for nature to take its course and grows
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Since getting a birthday present last year to make an
English longbow from scratch using traditional tools we have joined Spoonclub
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techniques and tools such as a shave horse, drawknife and spokeshave.<br />
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From axing to draw kniving to spoke shaving to tillering all in the fabulous gardens of <a href="http://www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk/" target="_blank">Greystoke quirky cafe</a></div>
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Another glorious day whittling away in the woods, this time
tent pegs for an Agincourt re-enactment. In October it will the 600th
anniversary of the battle of Agincourt and my pegs will be there in French
soil. Once I finished carving them with a drawknife I tested one out, it
works! Though being chunky they probably also could be hurled at the French.
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New tool: Pole lathe & treadle<br />
New location: This time from the garden at
Leighton Moss.<br />
Difficulty: Foot-hand co-ordination with added public!</div>
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I was looking forward to helping out with carving and in Leighton Moss too so what's not to love. It took me a while to realise I was probably going to have an audience especially being a sunny Sunday at the beginning of half term. First time on a lathe so no pressure...<br />
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First off Tony had to make another Oak Dragonfly for the wildlife garden then on to a rounders bat for the nephews. It's a clever piece of Viking invention the pole lathe and treadle. Cord is attached to the treadle (foot pump) wrapped around the piece of wood and to a flexible hazel pole in the ground or in our case a bungee cord (a fine 20th century invention). As you press down on the treadle, the cord rotates the wood allowing you to use gouges to shape the wood.<br />
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Many folk stopped to watch which really didn't put me off my rhythm honest, not that I had any to begin with. It certainly was a work out for the legs but being up the fells a lot I didn't find that an issue. The issue was more of a mental workout. I was quite surprised how much co-ordination you needed to pump with one leg, moving the gouge towards and away from the wood all while also moving it in an even horizontal plane. "Foot down gouge out, foot up gouge in. Foot down gouge out, foot up gouge in..." I was thinking to myself.<br />
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I think it showed as a couple of the female spectators commented on men's multi-tasking and rhythm. Not sure if it was a subtle dig at me but to be fair in my case it was true.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to this fine Dragonfly</td></tr>
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<span style="color: orange;">Hartsop Above How – Dove Crag – Hart Crag – Fairfield – St
Sunday Crag – Birks</span></div>
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I parked at Brothers water where my first fell waited above,
Hartsop Above How. When paths shown on
the map randomly start and stop in the middle there’s got to be a beginning and
an end, an entrance and exit, even with sheep paths, unless farmers are now
using the RAF planes to parachute them in. There was indeed a path. <br />
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A couple of Ravens where having a bun fight; not lunchtime
yet so it wasn’t my bun but to be honest if they wanted it I’m not going to
argue with them, they’re massive and so are their beaks. I got to the tree line just to miss a pair of small
fast metal birds whizz passed. As I made my way up the slope to Gale crag I
stopped to take a photo when some larger slower metal birds glided over
Kirkstone Pass and low over Ullswater. You want aerobatics we’ll show you
aerobatics croaked the Ravens.<br />
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I made my way along the long flat summit of Hartsop above How,
taking a moment on Dick’s seat, he wasn’t using it so I’m sure he wouldn’t have
minded. As the summit began to fall away I stopped to view my route ahead and
looked for the Priest’s Hole which is a cave in the crags of Dove Crag. So far it has be a dry warm year
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The ridge continued up to Hart Crag but I took a detour down
and across to the base of the crags of Dove Crag. You can’t see the cave from
the main path that passes down to Dovedale but a small discreet path scrambles
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Priest’s Hole is a small narrow cut in the rocks and
probably popular with the wild camping crowd. Evidence of cooking utensils, food
packets and bedding lay at the back of the cave. After several attempts to get
a widescreen shot of me in the cave a couple of sheep went flying over, I’m
amazed at their agility clearly something or someone had startled them. It was
indeed a group of guys taking an ‘interesting’ approach to the cave. With lots of branches attached to one of their
rucksacks I would say they were going to camp the night with a fire and I
suspect a 6-pack or two.<br />
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someone has already set up camp in the remote area you wanted to camp in, do you ignore and squeeze in, pitch near by or go elsewhere? Does it fall under the bothy social code. And when does the idea of solitude wild camping become a gathering. Imagine you planned a nice quiet evening to watch the stars and get up early to
photograph the sun rise, would you appreciate the noisy late night or expect a
few free beers and join in. <br />
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I made my way up on to Dove Crag then carried on up to Hart
Crag, passed the head of the valley, Rydal Head where Rydal Beck cascades down
the valley into waterfalls above Rydal Mount. Reaching the highest point of the
day, Fairfield summit you are able to look down the Grisedale valley and
Grisedale tarn. A family had pitched a couple of tents
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On to St Sunday Crag; dropping over the rocky outcrop of
Cofa Pike down to Deepdale Hause is around a 100m descent and ascent on to St
Sunday Crag. The south shore of Ullswater reveals itself as you walk to the end
of it's flat ridge. It was now 9pm and the evening sun gave the grassy slopes of
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to get to it, even though again this would leave it out on it's own. As I dropped down the steep path behind Patterdale it had turned dark so donning the head torch I marched the 2 mile walk down the road back to the
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I had a disagreement with some food last night and was feeling quite ill. It wanted to stay at home but that wasn’t going to stop me from getting out into the
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Bleaberry fell and High Seat so up I rambled up from the NT car park below
Walla Crag and followed Cat gill to the top. The south east shore of Derwent
reminded me of the Alpines and sort of has an Indonesian islands look where
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you reach Walla Crag. This is a good thing because the Derwent and Keswick
panorama explodes out in front of you as you step up onto the crag; though here
is stile lower down in the woods that allows you to pop your head out for a sneaky
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After a lengthy rest I headed off to Bleaberry fell which is a prominent mound on its
own. I promptly lost all my strength; boggy
moorland does that. Luckily there was a path for a short distance as you
approach the base and steps all the way up to the summit. Half way there was a
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only 1mile away but I knew from previous walks the paths are not as clear as
the map suggests and that it was all boggy moorland. I was too worn out for
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<span style="color: orange;">Pavey ark-Harrison Stickle-Loft Crag-Pike o’Stickle-Thunacar Knott-High Raise-Sergeant Man-Tarn Crag-Blea Rigg</span></div>
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For my next walk I chose the classic and old favourite of
ours and indeed many visitors, the Langdales Pikes. The large NT car park and
two great pubs make it the obvious starting and finishing point. It’s a popular
location for Ghyll climbing and I’ve seen many schools and college minibuses
from all over the country. Today wasn’t a warm sunny day for it but a cloudy
drizzly one but I guess it doesn’t matter all that much seeing as you are
scrambling up rivers. As Beth says it doesn’t matter if it rains when swimming
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I started the steep accent up the well paved path following
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The peaks of Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark rise above you
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Here I sat on the wall and looked up at mountaineers
climbing up the crags of Pavey Ark and on to Jack’s Rake, a tricky diagonal
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There has been controversy in the local papers recently reporting a number of fatalities going this way and there had been a call for
signs warning you of the danger. Extra care and concentration is required here. I suspect
most incidents were on the way down, I can see this as being dangerous as there's a difficult traverse half way.</div>
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I paused with a furry creature also having a climb, luckily
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I eventually passed the climbers as they were tying up their
ropes but they soon bounded past me as I got to the trickiest part. There’s two
ways of getting up either up the narrow gap on the right and drag yourself up
or the 8ft smooth rock on the left. This had two tiny foot holes way too small
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I was surprised how the time had flown so I continued to my
next peak. Luckily from here the next 4 peaks of Harrison Stickle-Loft Crag-Pike o’Stickle-Thunacar Knott were quite easy with little accents, it was
only the boggy ground in the centre that slowed me down. This is where there
aren’t any paths, well the ‘paths’ that lure you in are in fact streams
flattening the grass, don’t get drawn in and maintain a wide birth around the
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The clouds looked quite threatening throughout the day but
luckily hadn’t really rained, instead allowed sun beams to shine through. I
reached High Raise shelter and as I stopped to take pics of the rays I met the
only other person up there. He had come
up all the way from Walla Crag to Ullscarf but ‘just kept on going’. Oh so easy
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Then he said something spooky. Something I’ve been having
discussions with myself on the last few hikes. The reason he kept on going was
because he was going to the next cairn but was this a cairn or a pile of
stones? It’s not just me then I thought!</div>
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I don’t look at the maps at great detail all too often so only just realised
that there are indeed the words ‘pile of stones’ marked all over the map. I do
see many that seem unnecessary even for winter walking so sometimes it’s hard
to tell the difference and their purpose. I might do a "this is a cairn or a pile of stone" photo competition.</div>
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On the way to Sergeant Man there was a lamb and a metal post, nothing too unusual about that you’d think but they were having a
stand-off. A Cumbrian stand-off? A staring match perhaps, one the post was going to win but I admired
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The way down to Tarn Crag was a little trickier as it was
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with a view down to Easedale Tarn. I then dropped down the side to Codale tarn
where again it was very boggy. Reaching the path up Blea Rigg made it much
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168436538743126421.post-54710511519010140652014-06-30T15:46:00.001+01:002014-08-12T20:09:36.434+01:00FellRambler's Photo Gallery - Part 2Puffins running scared, Arctic Turns pecking at your head, lots of Guillemots, sunbathing Seals, Gannets eating well like Gannets and Julia Bradbury on a bike...<br />
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It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve tackled the
Wainwright challenge, we've been busy visiting lots of places. I’ve lost track so some might
actually be just before I started. Anyways here’s a few photos before
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If Pixar did a pirate movie</td></tr>
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it was going to be a perfect afternoon and it didn’t disappoint, maybe too hot
dare I say. As I drove through Buttermere and down the pass, passing full lay-bys I really hoped there
would be space at my ideal spot located between Causey Pike and Barrow, phew
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I took a moment for
refreshments and to re-arrange the rucksack. Some cyclists went passed and one
said “Are you heavier if you have an ...”. Erm how do I say it, if your
gentleman’s Cumberland sausage is well you know... pointing north. Very random.</div>
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trip to Knightshayes kitchen walled garden when a lady went passed saying “I didn’t need to be naked to have a good
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I started my walk up the steady grassy slope of Barrow. Half
way up there was a memorial plaque on a rocky outcrop dedicated to P.R.Ansell.
Couldn’t find much info as to who he was and why there was a memorial for him
apart from going to Solihull school and
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From here I could see my whole route round so could estimate
how long it would take and how much light I would have left. It looked like
still quite a hike especially in the heat and I was down to my last water
bottle. I decided to get all the little lumps in too so detoured to Stile End
then along a small path through the heath on to Outerside. Here you feel
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I dropped down to meet the main path up to Sail. The map
shows a path leading up the north crags of Sail but I couldn’t see it and as it
was in a boggy area decided against searching for it. Staying on the main path
I begin my meander up the zig-zag path to the Sail summit, it looked like
someone had tried to scribble out the straight line. Though the times I’ve been
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Firth to Dumfries & Galloway. For 7pm it was still a glorious warm still
blue day and as the sun began to set I made my way down and up over Scar Crags to
Causey Pike. The main path leads down just past the summit but for completion I decided carried on to Rowling End.</div>
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It looks like a Rowan that has always been this shape,
tightly grown but I’ve never seen whether it has red berries to be sure. The
steep narrow heath covered path dropped sharply down through some crags and
after a while small loose and smooth sheets of rock really begin to hurt my
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<span style="color: orange;">Rannerdale knotts-Whiteless Pike-Wandope-Eel Crag-(Crag Hill)</span></div>
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This walk began with a final view of the Rannerdale
bluebells which were beginning to turn. I was disappointed by the number of
newly trampled bluebells to create new paths just to get a different view. It’s
a fine balance of wanting the volume of visitors to beauty spots while gently
controlling them. It’s the lack of consideration of some people and one I don’t
fully understand. You take the time to see them so there’s some love of nature
in there but then you trample the very thing you’ve come out to see. You enjoy
the fells, the outdoors, the nature, carrying full lunch packs then suddenly
become lazy and throw away the packaging and act like you don’t give a damn
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This time I began my climb up the front of Rannerdale knotts,
the first half made simple with some easy steps. An orange butterfly lying in
the sun immediately caught my eye. Not sure what it was but I needed a Dulux
celebrity colour chart to get the right shade of orange so I could consult the
guides when I got home. The only identification I could make out was that it
was more butterfly than moth. I reached for my camera only for it to fly off as
a mean little spider attacked it then randomly attacked my boot obviously
quite hungry and delirious from the heat of the sun. I focused on the little
critter but not liking the taste of suede scurried under a rock. I realise this
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Along with the Chris soundy-likey Cuckoo, there were a
number of other bird songs I wasn’t familiar with; I really needed a bird app.
I think many of them have a playlist of tunes depending on their mood and
activity which doesn’t help. After
seeing Springwatch I swear it was a Nightingale but even though it can be a vagrant
they live predominantly in the south of England so it’s very unlikely to be one. And if you hear one sing it will mainly be in
the evening and will actually more likely be a Robin (apparently they do call
in the evening/night). It was also amazing
to watch how the Cuckoo removes the poisonous innards of the hairy caterpillar
before eating. Watch out caterpillars!</div>
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As I started to climb Whiteless Pike it was interesting to
see the Knott Rigg-Ard Knotts ridge from the other side and to see the whole
ridge route from the<a href="http://fellrambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/catbells-first-of-many-fells.html" target="_blank"> previous walk</a>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wandope</td></tr>
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Continuing up the ridge, the path lead off to the right and up to Wandope. The top was wide and flat with paths taking you up to Grasmoor and across to the peaks of Grisedale Pike and Whiteside. I kept to the quiet narrow path that lead
around the summit of Crag hill as the views down Scar Crag looked more
interesting before scrambling back up to the wide flat summit. Crag Hill isn’t a
Wainwright but the crag some 32m lower down looking towards Grisedale Pike is
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As it was lunch I returned to Crag Hill summit and over to
the other side and perched on a ledge for a snack while I looked down to Sail
and thought about the way ahead. The drop down was a little further than I thought so decided to stop there. The plan was to include the
Causey Pike-Barrow loop but that would have meant ascending/descending twice on
one of them and also seriously underestimating how long a walk up the road pass
to Rannerdale it would have been. I decided the
best way to do it would be to drive round to the base of Causey Pike and start
the loop from there. So that’s what I did...</div>
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Cuc™ Koo™</div>
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Watching BBC Springwatch and the adventures of Chris the
Cuckoo reminded of a thought I’d had while at Rannerdale the other week. I had
planned to climb up Rannerdale Knotts but changed my mind due to a hail storm
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bluebells, hadn’t really thought about them being migratory. So I wondered
where they normally migrated to and whether this was the same chap/chapess? how
can you tell, I haven’t really heard a more manly coo over any other. Which
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Are owls the only species to have trade-marked their own
word, Twit™ Twoo™? I’m guessing the Twit is the male ;-) So are
there any other bird species that do the same? When you hear a ‘cuc-koo’ are
you hearing the male first and then the female separately or do both have legal rights to use ‘cuc’
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Beaver: Are you sure they shouldn't be using © or <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">® </span>instead?</div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Knott Rigg-Ard Knots-(Rigg Screes)-Catbells-Maiden Moor-(Nitting Haws)-High Spy-Dale Head-Hindscarth-Robinson-(Buttermere Moss)-(High
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After admiring the view of Derwent from Catbells for some time it was time to get
going on the main route back. The first of the peaks was Maiden Moor. The
summit is wide and flat I took the path along the far edge
giving me views of Hindscarth and the valley below. In the distance a Kestrel
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These walks are more about exploring rather than straight
to the summit cairn so before I reached it I investigated many of the
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crag Nitting Haws was great and maybe the reason why it’s called High Spy. It’s
a fab resting spot to take in the Derwent views and spy down on the
hotels below. At the High Spy cairn I can see why Beth and her
cousin stopped where they did. The decent and ascent was the biggest in the
walk, it looked pretty big from a distance but the more I descended the bigger
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As I began the decent I noticed some unusual gold mushrooms glinting
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Getting great views back down the valley and from the other side Honister pass
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The summit of Hindscarth protrudes out into the valley and
its worth going right out to the furthest shelter. The wind began to pick up as
the sun started to lose its strength as the early evening set in. Just one more
peak and another descent and ascent to Robinson. That guy was right there is
quite an altitude change when you get closer, the gradient doesn't look as
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Dropping down to the plateau of
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moment (have I mentioned that already?) anyway they like drinking water. At
least it was at the end of the walk and not the start. Meandering around to
find something a little more solid, I thought I’d take a slight detour and peak
over the lump of High Snockrigg and the Buttermere lake and hotels below. Here
a large group of walkers off for an evening hike to Rannerdale Knots gathered
around someone in a red tail-coat as he pointed in various directions with his
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<span style="color: orange;">Knott Rigg-Ard Knots-(Rigg Screes)-Catbells-Maiden Moor-(Nitting
Haws)-High Spy-Dale Head-Hindscarth-Robinson-(Buttermere Moss)-(High
Snockrigg)-(Moss Force)</span></div>
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Part 1 Knott Rigg to Catbells</div>
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Weather forecasts are annoying, not going to rain but rains,
going to rain but doesn’t. This time it was the latter so I took my chances
later in the morning. From past experience anything over Honister pass seems to
have a different weather system but I headed off to do more of the Buttermere
fells anyway. As it depends on the number of visitors it can take a couple of hours to get there so it was quite
a mad idea but armed with a number of routes planned gave me options depending
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After a lovely but rather slow drive up I arrived at my
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The clouds were dark but the sun was burning through and I
was half expecting thundery showers. I decided it would be ok and went for the
full hike, 12 miles, 8 peaks. Starting at Moss Foss waterfall car park I headed
straight up Knott Rigg and along to Ard Knots. It was a lovely ridge as I began
baking in the sun. Here I got a really good look at the Catbells ridge route
all the way round to Robinson, all of it was in black cloud. Don’t look at the
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Dropping down the sharp yet easy path of Rigg Screes in the
brilliant sun I did have a sigh of happiness as the birds tweeted, the lambs
played and the cows mooed, just don’t look at the black clouds. Reaching the
next field gate I detected mild peril as I caught a bull's attention (I don’t know if it was a bull or whether it would charge just that it had big
horns) and with an evil glare raised its nostrils with each menacing moo.
The mother and calves were safe over the adjacent wall but why was the mean
looking creature in where walkers go through? It moved towards me, averting
gaze I kept my head down and walked casually in the opposite direction. It
followed. I distracted it by weaving through some trees and carried out the ‘predator
confusion effect’ getting as many sheep between us, safety in numbers right? Like
watching a Buzzard trying to get lucky in a starling murmuration.<br />
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Once at the valley floor I took the road towards Little Town
at the foot of Catbells. This time I opted for the more direct back route past
the quarry rather than the long steady ridge and as I began climbing the
menacing clouds with evil intent dissapated by the heat of the sun. This is a
much better route because of the immediate surprise you get when you reach the
summit. It was popular as usual , one doing a 360 with their map and an Ooo
let’s go over there excitement. And as he said to me they’re much bigger when you get
close to them, I did have a Father Ted “these are small, those are far away”
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<a href="http://www.cumbria24.com/lifestyle/2014/05/18/life-hiking-cumbria-beth-pipe-just-three-little-hills" target="_blank">But it’s only three little hills</a>, most of the walking is
getting to each one via single track roads and it’s only a 10miles circular
route (not that she believed me). Okay I admit it, it felt a lot longer. I
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Starting at the car park above Aira force the first fell,
Gowbarrow fell, rises up in front of you where nestled in the wooded glade
below is Aira force. The sun dappled woodland paths around the waterfalls and
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To the north the mounds of Little Mell and Great Mell lay
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We dropped down to the forest below for lunch. Forest walks
are great for when it’s raining as they really shelter you, Shame there’s none
too many in the fells, I’m going to need them. The warmth kept pockets of mist
low in the forest making it quite ethereal. Because it was sunny and warm I
didn’t bring my waterproof trousers but Beth did and as there’s no “we” in team
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Even though there is well trodden path towards Great Mell, this seemed to lean
you towards farmers fences with no access through. I thought this may be tricky
as no paths are marked on the map so dropped south around the fell to a
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With the third downpour we very nearly gave up on Great Mell Fell but we were glad we didn’t as it stopped very soon after and the sun shone again. It’s a much more interesting fell with old and unusual looking fur trees though as the glow of the evening sun came down it did light up a patch of gorse on the lower sides of Little Mell.</div>
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From here we took the road back down to the car, luckily the road is small and quiet as it wonders around the farms. Looking back you can see Little Mell and Great Mell.</div>
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A little down the path we met these rather cute playful things and even inquisitively came up to me before scampering off.<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">(Brown Pike)-(Buck Pike)-Dow Crag-Coniston Old Man-Brim
fell / (Raven Tor)-Swirl How-Great Carrs-Grey Friar-(Black Sails)-Wetherlam-(Above Beck Fells)</span><br />
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Due to rain forecast for midday I chose a fell nearer to
home, Coniston Old Man. Maybe not a good
choice on a bank holiday Monday but because of cloud it wasn’t overly crowded. As the A590 crests over a hill, the fells open
out in front of you, it’s a great sight to see every time we drive it. Directly
in front of you, you will see Coniston Old Man. Well sometimes...</div>
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When you can’t see your destination fell do you abort your
walk and go elsewhere? Would make sense if you want a view but if there’s cloud
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as a photographer said to me on the way up, you’ve just got to go for it.
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Arriving at Walna Scar road I made my way along past the
paths that leads up behind the Old Man and started my ascent up Brown Pike and
Buck Pike. There I watched the old bloke and wondered if the cloud would clear.
Every so often it would, giving me a brief flash of his summit. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back at the busy Old Man cairn from Raven Tor</td></tr>
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Luckily the weather was mild and the ridge was
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I only just realise it’s the ridge cairn (796m) and not where Brim Fell is
mentioned on the map. Oh well! As it
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Taking the path left from Swirl How towards Great Carrs the
wind really began to pick up. I’ve lost my beanie hat but with the strong gusts
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Taking the gentle slope down west leads you up to a lone
peak, Grey Friar. Here you get views back to Dow Crag and the Old Man and
further west another lone fell, Harter Fell. Man it was windy here, luckily
there are some large crags facing north you can hide behind. Time for
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Taking the centre path back up to Swirl How and this time
looking east you can see your options. The path drops down the curiously name Prison
Band to Swirl Hause beck. I’ve noticed a number of ‘prisons’ here. Were some of
these slate and copper mines used as prisons or more likely I can imagine working
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As a family took the route down I paused as it started to spit. It'll be fine...A short climb and you’re there. A pause to admire the 360
views you can look back along the ridge you’ve just hiked along and to the
north, Crinkle Crags, Langdale Pikes and Pike of Plisco. From here you can see your car ( it will be around 2 miles away), I chose the path that kept to the left of the ridge and down over Lower Hows and Above Beck Fells. </div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">Route: Grasmoor-Grisedale Pike-(Sand Hill)-Hopegill Head-(Ladyside Pike)-Whiteside</span></div>
<span style="color: orange;">9.8miles</span><br />
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with sound of meadow pipits, wheatears, kestrels, buzzards, the 2010 financial crisis
and apparently there’s a killer amongst them shifty Eastender folk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I said I was going to wing it. I originally thought I had
plans for another assignment but went on my first hike instead which meant arriving
at my destination quite late in the morning and no clear plan after that. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On hearing the Rannerdale bluebells where out earlier this
year I decided to have this amazing sight as the start of my Wainwright
adventure. We’ve come to look at them for the last few years as it always
surprises you like the first time. Seeing a violet carpet in a woodland glade
is always a beautiful sight but out on an open fell side is quite unique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After some time there, I decided it was best to get going.
As I sat on a rock and peered up at the peaks I thought about what I wanted to
do in this adventure (really should have had this idea before starting the
blog). Do I actually follow Wainwright’s routes to the letter or make my own interesting
and challenging routes I’ve not been on before? Would this mean I wouldn’t have
authentically climbed all the Wainwright’s ? Are ridge routes allowed or is
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I gazed up at Grasmoor's craggy western face and for a moment
thought that would be fun. But not totally convinced by the size of the crags I
decided it best not to risk it and began the ascent from Cinderdale common up
to Lad Hows where you get a great view down over the vibrant green fields of
Rannerdale farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was a glorious sunny still day yet with rammed car-parks you
can still be all alone by picking a different route. Most had picked the Whiteless
Pike route up to Crag Hill. You can be on another ridge but it’s amazing how
sound travels where <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got an insight
into the financial crisis, portfolios, a couples raised debate on the order in
which to do the fells and “who you reckon done the murder then?”. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The last 100m is loose underfoot and as you approach the
grassy top you get a great view down over Crummock water. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I paused for lunch a couple a jets did
their usual low flying circuit around Grasmoor and the Borrowdale valley. One
shot up which I thought was odd and as I zoomed my camera into the distance
there were some para-gliders coming up from Buttermere. Do you need to book air
space time and I wonder who was more surprised to see each other, jet or glider.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I made my way off the summit towards the
junction at Crag Hill several more para-gliders had drifted down the valley and
again met face to face with another jet. Darn, missed photo/video opportunity
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Turning left down through Coledale Hause and up to the right
passed some old pits you get to Grisedale Pike. Here you get a great view down
to Keswick and from the other side, Whinlatter forest where you can hear Buzzards mewing as they soar and glide overhead. Had a nice chat with a fell runner, by this time the only other person
up on the fells, about the physiology of fell running. Looking across the crags
at my next destination Hopegill Head, I thought the lower peak looked
interesting as crags dropped away from its side so added that to the list.
Turns out Sand Hill and Ladyside Pike are not Wainwright’s though they are
mentioned in the routes towards Hopegill Head. The initial drop off Hopegill Head
“the notch” has some intriguing geology of angled slabs before dropping to an
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grisedale Pike from Hopegill Head</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the sun began to turn golden I realised I hadn’t kept
track of time and that sun set later than I thought, it was way past beer’n’pizza
o’clock. As you walk above Gasgale crags to Whiteside you really get a great
view around Grasmoor’s crags and Gasgale gill below which is definitely worth
doing. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The final decent via Whin Ben is
loose and rocky though I did see some tyre marks indicating some crazy folk
have biked it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Though now behind cloud the sun managed to burst a ray of
light through shining directly along my chosen path, leading the way to Lanthwaite
farm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Things to note after first hike: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. Have a plan on where you’re going and how many peaks you
are going to accomplish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. Camera equipment is quite cumbersome on long hikes.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. Stopping to take photos of wildlife is going to eat into
walking time quite considerably.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. When you talk, it can be heard from across the ridge.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">5. When you talk to yourself, make sure no one else is
around. (you are safe from other ridge walkers as they’ll assume it’s someone
else).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">6. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allow extra time
for those “oo those peaks just there look fun let’s just...”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So all in all a rather nice sunny wildlife full modest 9.5
mile hike. May need to pick up the pace though...</span><br />
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