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Walk 69 - Great Mell Fell - 2nd March 2022 |
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Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 1 The Eastern Fells |
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#160 Great Mell Fell 1657 ft |
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Distance |
1 mile |
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Time |
1 hr |
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Lowest Point |
849 ft |
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Highest Point |
1762 ft |
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Total Ascent |
919 ft |
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Walk Rating - easy |
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| 11.43 Leaving the roadside parking with Brownrigg Farm on the right. |
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| 11.48 Turn right at this gate and then bear left towards the fence in the distance. |
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| 11.52 Side path follows the fence for a little way. |
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| 12.00 Great Mell Fell is well known for . . . . |
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| 12.01 . . . . . the famous wind blown trees. |
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| 12.03 Panorama 647 I thought I should do a panorama at this point because the summit was not looking promising. |
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| 12.09 The woods are well below the summit, like a protective belt. |
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| 12.14 Lots of trees fallen after recent storms. |
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| 12.16 Atmospheric woodland today. |
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| 12.30 The summit is nothing much to write home about and neither is the view today. |
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| 12.37 Woods half way down on a slightly different path. |
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| 12.43 Gowbarrow Fell in the background. |
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| 15.35 Panorama 648 I drove down to Borrowdale and back then called in at Castlerigg Stone Circle. On an inclement weekday afternoon I had it to myself for a picture. |
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| 14.49 (The following day) The weather was even greyer so I drove down past Great Mell Fell (invisible) to Ullswater (far-side invisible), over Kirkstone Pass (Red Screes invisible) and into Langdale (very little visible). I'd seen a report of a missing dog near Skeggles Water so I drove up the mountain road from Stavely and walked around the fells for three hours or so looking for Mabel, a spaniel. No sign but she was found the following day. Just left of middle in the picture is Skeggles Water but the paths keep quite a distance from the lake. |
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