Saturday, 5th September 2015
I've spent this last week at Sheila's caravan. Today I met up with Tracey for a steady amble up Bleaberry Fell a lovely hill falling just short of the magic mountain height at 1,936ft, then a boggy trip across to High Seat at 1,994ft high before descending down to Ashness Bridge.
Some piccies:
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Beautiful views over Derwentwater
from beneath Brown Knotts |
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| Looking across to the Skiddaw range |
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Plenty of climbing left to do
(there is a path in there somewhere!) |
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| Bassenthwaite lake just visible in the distance |
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| And so into heather territory on the flanks of Castlerigg Fell |
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| Pano shot of our route up |
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| Bleaberry Fell |
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| View back down of our route |
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| Me in the summit shelter |
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High Seat
(after a very boggy middle bit) |
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| Me at High Seat summit trig |
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| Views towards Bassenthwaite lake from Dodd crags |
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| Tracey with Derwentwater behind |
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| Little waterfall at the junction of Ashness Beck and Barrow Gill |
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| Peter waiting for us at Ashness Bridge |
A fabulous, leisurely walk in glorious weather.
Strangely, this was the only "proper" walk I did the whole time. I spent a lot of time just relaxing, shopping in Keswick and doing a bit of driving around to get my bearings, stopping off here and there for a little mooch about. In some respects, you could say I wasted the week but there is something wonderfully relaxing about not having any commitments or timescales to stick to.
Thanks for looking 😊
