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Walk 70 - Lonscale Fell - 31st March 2022 |
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Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 5 The Northern Fells |
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#161 Lonscale Fell 2346 ft
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Distance |
4 miles |
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Time |
3 hrs |
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Lowest Point |
975 ft |
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Highest Point |
2346 ft |
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Total Ascent |
1490 ft |
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Walk Rating - easy |
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| 16.49 Leaving Gale Rd car park after a short delay to let a shower pass. |
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16.50 Snow on the edge of Blease Fell as I start up the path. |
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| 16.57 Panorama 649 Hawell monument for a good first viewpoint. |
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16.57 Hawell monument in front Coldale. |
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| 16.58 Hawell monument in front of Clough Head. |
two Skiddaw shepherds Edward Hawell. Of Lonscale. Born Octr 21st 1815 Died June 2nd 1889. And his son Joseph Hawell. Of Lonscale. Born Decr 24th 1854. Died Feby 20th 1891. Noted breeders of prize Herdwick sheep.
Great shepherd of thy heavenly flock These men have left our hill Their feet were on the living rock Oh guide and bless them still
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| 17.01 Looking up the fell with the old and new paths clearly visible. |
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| 17.02 Clough Head. |
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| 17.07 The Newlands valley catches the light. |
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| 17.10 Panorama 650 After 20 minutes I am far enough up the path to see over Latrigg and the car park is visible again in front of it. |
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| 17.17 Derwent Water behind Keswick. |
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| 17.18 Bleaberry Fell. |
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| 17.28 I spotted Castlerigg Stone Circle for the first time. |
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| 17.44 Overlooking Keswick. |
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| 17.45 Braithwaite in front of the Coldale Horseshoe. |
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| 17.47 Into the snowline at around 550m. |
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18.03 On the walk across the top of Lonscale looking back at Skiddaw. |
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18.11 Lonscale Pike in front of Blencathra. |
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Summit top selfie. |
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| 18.14 Panorama 651 Lonscale Fell summit looking north (Wainwright #161 2346ft). |
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18.17 Walking towards the Pike. |
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18.19 The pike is rather insignificant as I approach it. |
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| 18.24 Panorama 652 On Lonscale pike looking south. |
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| 18.24 Panorama 653 On Lonscale pike looking north. |
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18.26 Mungrisedale Common and the back of Blencathra. I spent a while trying to work out what was casting this shadow. I think its Skiddaw lower man (below little man). It seems to be the right shape but on its own rather more than you might expect. |
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18.26 Clouds starting to gather on Skiddaw. |
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18.27 Helvellyn, High Rigg and Thirlmere |
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| 18.37 Panorama 654 Back at the main summit and I walked a little way south to see the valley floor better. Its a spectacular and renarkably clear considering the weather that had drifted through when I was in the car park. |
In the southern arc there is presented a scene of magnificence and unsurpassed beauty. Across the wide Vale of Keswick, distant enough to be seen in the correct proportion, stretches the long exciting skyline of Lakeland, from the High Street range round to Whinlatter, with Borrowdale winding its way to the mountains in the middle of the picture: this is a glorious panorama. |
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Alfred Wainwright - The Northern Fells. Lonscale Fell 9. |
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18.42 Crossing back to the Skiddaw path across the grass |
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19.01 Looking down the steep path to the car park. Those sheep stayed in a tight circle all by themselves, no sheepdog involved./ |
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19.05 Latrigg |
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19.22 Clouds gathering over Newlands. |
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19.38 Hawell monument. |
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19.38 The Whinlatter forest on fire. |
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