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Bleaberry Fell,High Seat,High Tove |
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30th January 2010 |
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I did it again didn’t I ? Wigan has a home game today against Everton & here I am up here enjoying the Lake District ,Guilt yes ,.I should be at the DW after all I did pay for a season ticket but just recently I have to be up here walking ,the passion is stronger than ever to complete these Fells slowly but surly ,anyway I’m at Sunderland away next weekend so I guess that’s the guilt trip sorted !
I was only up this direction this time last week on High Spy with Ste, this time I’m on my own again (Cue Donkey from Shrek!) Being on Cat Bells & High Spy & seeing as where I am today bears no coincidence to this walk, its purely to a beautiful day to pass up & playing around on Memory Map as you do mapping & routing Wainwright`s, High Seat from Ashness Bridge taking in two more Wainwrights (Bleaberry Fell & High Tove) was there for the taking & to finish this walk in the beautiful hamlet that is Watendlath was the icing on the cake . |
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Wainwright Guidebook |
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The Central Fells |
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Overview |
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Ascent: |
608 Ft 1,995 Ft |
Wainwrights: |
3 Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove |
Weather: |
Beautiful Clear Skies , –2 With Highs of 2 ,Windy on tops |
Parking: |
Ashness Bridge |
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Central |
Miles: |
7.5 |
Walking With: |
On my own |
Ordnance Survey: |
OL4 |
Time Taken: |
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Route: |
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Map and Photo Gallery |
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Early morning at Ashness Bridge . |
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Hitting the fell side heading for Falcon Crag. |
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Looking over to Cat Bells ridge & summit with Causey pike ,Sail & a snow covered Crag Hill beyond. |
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Looking down into Borrowdale & towards the Western Fells . |
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Snow caped Skiddaw looking north . |
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Walla Crag & Keswick over shadowed by Skiddaw. |
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Blencathra from Falcon Crag & what I forgot to mention was my new Garmin GPS , Or should I say broken GPS ,I should be used to the idea of new things breaking down after all I do work in the car trade ,but this is only my third outing using the dam thing & the screen has decided to pack up, in being all my Way Points (about 8) were all on top of each other in the size of a finger nail & stayed that way for the rest of the duration ,Now I admit on a day like this why would I need it but its my new toy & I wanted to bring it! Anyway back to the OS Map in no way shape or form could let me down! |
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Dewent Water & its Islands, with Bassenthwaite Lake in the background . |
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& Again from further up the track with my 30ft legs casting long shadows |
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My first summit of the day Bleaberry Fell . |
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What a day ,you can see as far as Green & Great Gable in this picture . |
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Looking over to the Northern Fells ,hard to believe the contrast of the weather between the two weekends . |
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Bleaberry Fell summit cairn ,next is High Seat . |
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Not before a quick brew & to take in the views . |
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It took me a while to realise they where that far away had to use the zoom here, & definitely a first for me ,.Wild Deer . |
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Setting my sights on High Seat now (The prominent outcrop of rock centre right) |
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Looking eastwards towards Clough Head,Great Dodd & Stybarrow Dodd. |
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A somewhat hazy view of High Seat Summit my highest Fell of the day ,now its onwards & downwards towards the Pewits . |
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“The Pewits” & I quote the great man himself A W , “The last half mile on both sides being saturated ,both in rainy weather & in drought , there is no escape from it” ,I’m pretty lucky today in that this section is normally calf deep in peat bog this next mile or so is semi frozen , so sticking to the fence as I did around the tall grass was definitely one of my good ideas ,I think A W would of liked it here today |
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A glimpse of Thirlmere . |
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White Side & Helvellyn Lower Man & the tip of Catstycam centre . |
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High Tove in sight . |
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High Tove Summit Cairn. |
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And now time to head down towards Watendlath |
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To many fells to mention but ill have ago starting with Base Brown, Green Gable , Great Gable , Grey Knotts ,& I think a glimpse of Pillar . |
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I think if a picture could dictate a typical Lake Land View this would come close ,Watendlath Tarn & Watendlath Farm . |
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What better place to lunch . |
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Heading down the road that will finally take me back to Ashness Bridge following Stonethwaite Beck . |
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Your not having my hay !! Ok Paul no eye to eye contact they mean it |
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No think id better press on ! |
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Not far from the car park where I got this great view of Cat Bells summit ,.Looks a lot busier than it did last weekend when I was up there . |
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Back at Ashness Bridge car park ,Another great walk & blessed with great weather too |
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