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Walk 41 - Uldale Fells - 24th August 2019 |
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Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 5 The Northern Fells |
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#87 Great Cockup 1726 ft |
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Distance |
9.6 miles |
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Time |
6 hrs |
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Lowest Point |
638 ft |
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Highest Point |
2329 ft |
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Total Ascent |
2614 ft |
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Walk Rating - moderate, quite long but nothing difficult |
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| 12.09 Panorama 340 Having left Sandhead, Scotland a couple of hours earlier I stopped as I entered the Lake District, for this view of the Uldale Fells. In a couple of hours more I'd be up there looking back at this road. |
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| 13.48 Starting out from Orthwaite Farm I walked the southern side of Great Cockup. I chatted to a guy out with a Nikon looking to photograph birds of prey. I continued along below the fell before cutting up the side and heading for the summit, catching this view across the heather on the climb. | ||
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| 13.58 Great Cockup summit looking towards Skiddaw. |
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| 14.04 Panorama 341 The first summit of the day was Great Cockup. | ||
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| 14.41 Looking down Burntod Gill from Meal Fell. |
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| 14.46 Panorama 342 Having lunch on Meal Fell summit seemed appropriate. | ||
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| 15.33 Panorama 343 The climb up to Great Sca Fell was the steepest of the day. |
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| 15.35 Guardians of the summit of Great Sca Fell. Here I would turn right and head for Knott Fell and then return here an hour or so later. |
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| 16.20 Panorama 340 The highest point of the day was the summit of Knott Fell and an unexpectedly good view south towards Blencathra and Skiddaw. |
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| 16.24 Knott summit with Atkinson Pike and Halls Fell top (Blencathra) in the background. |
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| 16.57 Panorama 341 Having revisited Great Sca Fell summit on the return journey I stopped briefly for a snack on Little Sca Fell summit. |
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| 17.23 On Brae Fell summit looking north into Scotland. |
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| 17.29 Panorama 342 On the summit of Brae Fell. |
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| 18.04 Binsey above Over Water with a glimpse of Bassenthwaite on the left and the Solway Firth in the distance. |
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| 18.14 Panorama 343 Looking south from the sixth and final Wainwright of the day, Longlands Fell. | ||
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| 18.41 Panorama 344 Skiddaw was a striking sight as I walked along a small stretch of the Cumbrian Way, before a hour's walk along the road and back to the car. |
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