Like a summers day on the Far Eastern Fells.
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:48 am
With the fine weather continuing, i headed off to Howtown to climb The Nab and then see where the rest of the walk took me It was a lovely crisp morning as i left the car and headed past Martindale into Howe Grain. I followed the road until a path appeared to leave it ( according to the map). It said "Private, no through road". A quick look around, saw no one, so took the path anyway to reach the path that ascends The Nab. Once on the track up, it's just a steady plod until you first reach Nab End. Helvellyn range finally came into view. I was surprised at the amount of snow still on it With a fair sweat on i reached the summit in good time. A light breeze started, which was most welcome, as i departed, making for the next top, Rest Dodd. The ground across the Deer Forest wasn't as bad as i'd remembered it. Another couple of herds of deer were feeding up here, though they quickly disappeared when they saw me. A short steep climb from the gate, brings you to the summit of Rest Dodd. Decided to give Brock Crags a miss, and made for Angle Tarn, a nice picturesque place for lunch. After getting to the top of the higher of the Angletarn Pikes, i forgot to take a photo of the cairn which is no big deal really It's a 3km walk to get to Beda Head, so i had a nice amble along in the sun Forunately, the ground was still quite hard, so it made for quick and easy walking and i was soon on Beda Head, the high point of Beda Fell. All that remained was to head back, happy to have got another sunny winter walk in