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A quick circuit of Gowbarrow Fell before the rain came.

Wainwrights: Gowbarrow Fell

Date walked: 12/03/2024

Time taken: 2.15 hours

Distance: 7.5km

Ascent: 389m

For the last day of our mini break I had big plans to do Skiddaw from the cottage, the weather had other ideas :roll:
The forecast for Tuesday was rain early on, brightening up around 11:00am before more rain in the afternoon, so, what to we do?

We had time to have a wander up Gowbarrow Fell, the views from the top over Ullswater and towards the eastern fells and the far eastern fells would be worth the effort if we got there before the weather front arrived.

Our route was going to take about two to three hours, enough time to stay dry and at least we'd be out in the fresh air :D

We used the car this time, parked up in the N.T carpark just south of Dockray

Start of the walk, just across the road from the car park

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We set off down the path towards the upper falls where there's a footbridge over Aira Beck, we used the bridge and then went left onto the Ullswater way.

This is a well used path with finger posts pointing the way to Gowbarrow Fell. About 0.5km from the bridge the path heads uphill along side a wall, very soggy to start with :roll: thankfully though, it looks like there are ongoing improvements to the path where there's a zig and a zag being put in skirting a bad stretch.

This is probably one of the less demanding Wainwright summits to reach, it is, however, a grand little hill with great views.

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On the top there's lumps and bumps an interesting place to explore, in the mist I can imagine the terrain would be a little confusing if you wander off one of the paths but, even then, if you're careful and pay attention to the map you'll find the Ullswater Way from any direction.

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From the summit we took the Ullswater Way heading east following it as it skirts around the hill, I was hoping to have some nice views further round as we progressed, we were not disappointed :D

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It's a nice easy path to follow, there's a bit of a viewpoint just a short way from the memorial seat marked on the OS map and from there you get some really nice views, a lake and mountains, a bit subdued today by the approaching front but good all the same :D

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We continued round towards the falls deciding whether or not to visit them when we got there, as it turned out I think we must have been thinking of other things because we were on our way back to the car before we'd even thought about the main falls :roll: we did manage some of them though :D

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From the falls we took the path that runs along the west side of Aira Beck, this took us back to the bridge we went over at the start of the walk where we turned left up the hill back to the car park.

No problem with the weather, in fact it was better than expected, we had sunshine :D Another nice little walk, very enjoyable.
Spring is here summer's coming, where does the time go??? :D :lol:

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2024

Trips: 3
Distance: 41.45 km
Ascent: 1912m
Hewitts: 1
Wainwrights 3

2023

Trips: 16
Distance: 257.5 km
Ascent: 12013m
Munros: 6
Corbetts: 3
Fionas: 1
Donalds: 7
Sub2000s: 1
Hewitts: 4
Wainwrights 3

2022

Trips: 24
Distance: 322.45 km
Ascent: 16169m
Munros: 6
Corbetts: 4
Fionas: 2
Donalds: 1
Sub2000s: 3
Hewitts: 9

2021

Trips: 17
Distance: 230.4 km
Ascent: 12544m
Munros: 4
Corbetts: 2
Fionas: 2
Hewitts: 2

2020

Trips: 14
Distance: 190.45 km
Ascent: 11745m
Munros: 4
Hewitts: 2
Wainwrights 1

2019

Trips: 19
Distance: 283.5 km
Ascent: 19806m
Munros: 14
Corbetts: 1
Hewitts: 12
Wainwrights 20

2018

Trips: 23
Distance: 361.05 km
Ascent: 24526m
Munros: 26
Hewitts: 20
Wainwrights 35

2017

Trips: 25
Distance: 347.5 km
Ascent: 25223m
Munros: 16
Corbetts: 5
Hewitts: 18
Wainwrights 43

2016

Trips: 21
Distance: 448.7 km
Ascent: 27019m
Munros: 42
Corbetts: 1
Hewitts: 9
Wainwrights 26

2015

Trips: 31
Distance: 468.95 km
Ascent: 32049m
Munros: 42
Corbetts: 2
Donalds: 4
Hewitts: 12
Wainwrights 25

2014

Trips: 28
Distance: 395 km
Ascent: 27479m
Munros: 44
Corbetts: 1
Donalds: 3
Hewitts: 15
Wainwrights 26

2013

Trips: 7
Distance: 72.7 km
Ascent: 3243m
Munros: 13
Corbetts: 1
Sub2000s: 1
Hewitts: 6
Wainwrights 10


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