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Walk details: |
| Date: | 11th April 2010 |
| Walk: | Carrock Fell and High Pike |
| Time: | 08.25 to 13.55 |
| Duration: | 5 hr 30 min |
| Distance: | 9.3 mile |
| Ascent: | 1950 ft |
| Walkers: | Jennifer and Martin Hogge |
| Parking: | Roadside, Mungrisdale Common (Apronful of Stones) |
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Walk route: |
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| Apronfull of Stones - Carrock Beck ford - Carrock Fell - Round Knott - Miton Hill - High Pike - Hare Stones - Lingy Hut - Grainsgill Beck - Roundhouse - Mosedale - Apronfull of Stones | |
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No sooner had we arrived than the welcoming party came across to greet us. Thankfully they didn't think the wing mirrors were an added extra that we didn't really need. |
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Carrock Beck ford, from here we headed up to the left for the ascent of Carrock Fell. |
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"We've just been talking to one of your friends a bit further down the road" |
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What a fantastic place (I think it is anyway). |
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High Pike seen here from Carrock Fell. |
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Martin and Jennifer at Carrock Fell summit. The highest point on the left is Blancathra. |
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Heading across to High Pike, and despite the forecast predicting a much cooler day, jackets were removed and the warm conditions were enjoyed by us all. |
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A long distance view back to Carrock Fell, which looks much further away than it feels when you walk it. |
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Only 25 miles from home. |
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High Pike summit and a hazy view to the north. |
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A view back to High Pike, taken from the Cumbria Way track which we followed as far as Lingy Hut. |
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Inside Lingy Hut. |
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It looks like having something to eat is more important than saying cheeeeeese for the cameraman. |
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Almost down to valley level now, and I'd spent so much time taking photographs of sheepfolds and things that I'd been left way behind. |
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Looking back up the beck, curiously named Arm O Grain, to Lingy Hut, which can just be seen as a dot on the lower skyline. |
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This is the bridge over Grainsgill Beck, found close to the point where the road gives way to a muddy track which eventually leads to Skiddaw House. |
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The River Caldew in front of Coomb Height. |
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There may have been a long walk back along the road on this walk, but this really is a lovely area so the walk along here actually added to the enjoyment of the day rather than took away from it. |
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Daffodils in Mosedale. |
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Almost at the end of the walk now and what a gorgeous day it had turned into. If it's this nice in the middle of summer I'll be pleased. |
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