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Walk 98 - Blencathra - 29th July 2025 |
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Wainwright's Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells - Book 5 The Northern Fells |
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#214 Blencathra 2848 ft |
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Distance |
5.54 miles |
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Time |
5.5 hrs |
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Lowest Point |
491 ft (end) |
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Highest Point |
2848 ft |
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Total Ascent |
2231 ft |
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Walk Rating - moderate |
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Mini Route Map Go to walk start
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~12.15 About to set off from Scales. (photo AW) |
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12.18 A short walk back down the A66 for a few minutes. |
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12.28 Starting to gain height on the diagonal path up the side of Scales Fell. |
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12.43 Shortly after the first turn of the path we are now heading towards the summit. |
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12.56 Souther Fell and Mousethwaite Comb in the background. |
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12.57 |
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13.06 |
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13.15 About an hour in and we pass a couple of big turns in the path. Each is a good reason to pause. |
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13.53 Further up and we are crossing from Scales Fell to Doddick Fell, but its not easy to tell exactly where one ends and the next begins. |
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14.04 Tiny Tempah kept the spirits up. |
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14.21 At this point the summit is in sight, or should be. |
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14.24 Approaching the summit and a welcoming party is starting to form. |
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14.25 A hastily organised arch. |
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14.26 Wow, I feel like a celebrity. (Photo AI) |
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14.26 (Photo AI) |
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14.26 Victory ! (Photo AI) |
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14.27 My faithful walking buddy. (Photo AI) |
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14.28 Walk 98 and this is the first where all five of us have been there. |
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| 14.30 Just one other person on the summit, but he did a good job with the photo. | ||
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14.43 Bucks fizz with lunch. (Photo EC) |
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15.09 Heading off through the mist to start the descent. |
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15.12 After a few minutes and losing a bit of height we start to get some view. |
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| 15.21 Panorama 1136 Our first view of the fells behind Blencathra as we walked away from the summit. |
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15.30 Keswick and Derwentwater. |
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| 15.30 Panorama 1137 Best view of the day as we got under the clouds and the valley appeared below us. So happy to be able to include all my fellow walkers in the shot. |
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15.32 Clough Head. Great Dodd in the clouds and the small dark peak of Calfhow Pike to the right. |
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Time? (Photo AI) |
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15.55 |
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15.56 |
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Time? (Photo AW) |
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16.01 Latrigg, three of us were on it yesterday. |
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16.12 |
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16.14 Coldale |
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| 16.15 Panorama 1138 At the junction of the main routes down Blease Fell. We took the left route because it seemed more direct but it became less pleasant in the lower part. |
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16.16 St John's in the Vale |
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| 16.18 Lovely light over Coldale. |
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16.21 |
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16.23 Catbells |
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16.55 Thelkeld |
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16.56 |
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16.59 This route down wasn't much loved by any of us. Maybe we should have turned right at the junction at 16.15 |
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17.17 |
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17.28 |
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///rags.extensive.mouse