3 Fells and a Crag
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:31 pm
Part1: Gavel Fell, Blake Fell and Burnbank Fell
13.5 km, 660m ascent, time taken 4h 17m
I made an earlier than usual start for these as for some reason I woke up very early and didn't go back to sleep.So I was able to get some breakfast, drive up to the western edge of the Lake District and start walking by about 9am.
I started from Lamplugh. To the south of the village there's a car park with a path leading to Cogra Moss reservoir.
At the far end of the reservoir a steep path heads off to the left, along the side of Knock Murton. At the top of this path you cross a forest road and go through a gate, and then a path along the fence line leads up over the tops of Low Pen and High Pen to join the ridge between Blake Fell and Gavel Fell.
The summits of Gavel and Blake fells both had a bit of snow on them, but not enough to make walking difficult.
If you followed the ridge from Blake Fell, the next big hill would be Carling Knott.However, it's the lower down , insignificant-looking summit of Burnbank Fell, reached by following the fence to the north, which has Wainwright status.
For the descent from Burnbank Fell, Wainwright suggests to 'head north and join the bridleway to Fangs Brow'. So I headed north (I think) but didn't find the bridleway and instead had a pathless descent over wet ground and barbed wire fences,eventually finding my way down to the road leading back to Lamplugh.
Part2: Castle Crag
4.0km, 257m ascent
It was still quite early in the afternoon when I got back to the car so I had time to drive over to Grange and head up to Castle Crag.
Seathwaite valley is supposedly the wettest place in England, and it lived up to its reputation as I got soaked on the way up, whilethe rest of the country was enjoying a bright sunny day.
13.5 km, 660m ascent, time taken 4h 17m
I made an earlier than usual start for these as for some reason I woke up very early and didn't go back to sleep.So I was able to get some breakfast, drive up to the western edge of the Lake District and start walking by about 9am.
I started from Lamplugh. To the south of the village there's a car park with a path leading to Cogra Moss reservoir.
At the far end of the reservoir a steep path heads off to the left, along the side of Knock Murton. At the top of this path you cross a forest road and go through a gate, and then a path along the fence line leads up over the tops of Low Pen and High Pen to join the ridge between Blake Fell and Gavel Fell.
The summits of Gavel and Blake fells both had a bit of snow on them, but not enough to make walking difficult.
If you followed the ridge from Blake Fell, the next big hill would be Carling Knott.However, it's the lower down , insignificant-looking summit of Burnbank Fell, reached by following the fence to the north, which has Wainwright status.
For the descent from Burnbank Fell, Wainwright suggests to 'head north and join the bridleway to Fangs Brow'. So I headed north (I think) but didn't find the bridleway and instead had a pathless descent over wet ground and barbed wire fences,eventually finding my way down to the road leading back to Lamplugh.
Part2: Castle Crag
4.0km, 257m ascent
It was still quite early in the afternoon when I got back to the car so I had time to drive over to Grange and head up to Castle Crag.
Seathwaite valley is supposedly the wettest place in England, and it lived up to its reputation as I got soaked on the way up, whilethe rest of the country was enjoying a bright sunny day.