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Pen-y-Ghent + 3

Pen-y-Ghent + 3


Postby PauloUK77 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:10 pm

Hewitts included on this walk: Darnbrook Fell, Fountains Fell, Pen-y-ghent, Plover Hill

Date walked: 29/06/2011

Time taken: 5

Distance: 23.6 km

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For this walk the idea was to bag all four Hewitts in the Pen-y-Ghent area.I began the walk at the small car park at Dale Head just south of Pen-y-Ghent.
Following the Pennine Way I ascended Pen-y-Ghent before heading towards Plover Hill.
From Plover I descended down towards Foxup Beck and contoured around Plover hill to reach the minor road at Hesleden Bergh.
Following this road back to the Pennine way offered the easiest route up Fountains Fell before a gruelling bit of terrain to bag Darnbrook Fell.
Having to do this again to reach the Pennine way and get back to the car.

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Pen-y-Ghent

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Fountains Fell and Darnbrook Fell.

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Pen-y-Ghent

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Ingleborough zoomed

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Plover Hill from Pen-y-Ghent

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Pen-y-Ghent from Plover Hill

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Pen-y-Ghent from the summit area of Plover Hill

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Foxup Moor

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Darnbrook Fell and Fountains Fell

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Pen-y-Ghent from Fountains Fell

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Fountains Fell summit

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Darnbrook Fell from Fountains Fell

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Darnbrook Fell summit
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PauloUK77
Mountain Walker
 
Posts: 324
Munros:2   Corbetts:3
Fionas:1   
Sub 2000:12   Hewitts:43
Wainwrights:28   
Joined: Nov 30, 2009
Location: Cleethorpes Lincolnshire

Re: Pen-y-Ghent + 3

Postby colgregg » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:21 pm

Nice to see Fountains / Darnbrook on a sunny day. That was another wet, foggy one for me. I was fascinated by the erosion around the trig on Darnbrook Fell
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Re: Pen-y-Ghent + 3

Postby PauloUK77 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:31 pm

That trig looks like it has taken some bad weather.It was a fantastic day with great views.I was treated to a very low flyover by a Tornado Jet on three occasions to top it off.
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Re: Pen-y-Ghent + 3

Postby colgregg » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:34 pm

I went from Arncliffe to Malham Tarn and followed the P.W. onto Fountains before heading to Darnbrook and littondale. I only have Birks to bag in that area now.
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