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11th January 2014 - Place Fell

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 8.0 miles

Total ascent: 2426 ft

OS map used: OL5 - The English Lakes, North-eastern area

Time taken: 5.5 hrs

Route description: Patterdale-Side Farm-Rooking-Boredale Hause-Place Fell-High Dodd-Sleet Fell-Sandwick-Side Farm-Patterdale

My first walk of 2014 and I fancied a walk in the Lakes to kick things off. My last visit to Place Fell was four years ago, a scary thought as it feels like it was just yesterday. Fresh snowfall higher up meant that some of the paths were quite slippery in places so I ended up sticking to the grass by their sides a lot of the time to avoid coming a cropper.

From the car park in Patterdale a brief walk down the road brought me to the village school and the track to Side Farm. Once through the farmyard I then followed the bridleway to Boredale Hause to commence the ascent of Place Fell. After taking in the views from the summit I made my way down to Sandwick via High Dodd and Sleet Fell. My route back was by the bridleway from Sandwick to Patterdale by the shores of Ullswater.

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After parking in the car park opposite the Patterdale Hotel there's a brief walk by the road to the buildings ahead for the track to Side Farm
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On the track to Side Farm with Place Fell behind
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Birks on the left with Nethermost Pike and Birkhouse Moor to the right on the other side of Grisedale
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Great views from the path to Boredale Hause. Red Screes behind Brothers Water and the ridge of Hartsop above How heading up to Hart Crag.
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Patterdale, Birkhouse Moor and Keldas, Glenridding and Sheffield Pike
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Arnison Crag, Birks and St Sunday Crag
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At Chapel in the Hause
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At Round How. The summit just ahead.
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A few more shots from Round How. The fells around the Kirkstone Pass; Caudale Moor, Brothers Water, Red Screes, Little Hart Crag, Dove Crag, Hartsop above How and Hart Crag.
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Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield to the left of Grisedale. To its right; Dollywagon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn under cloud and Catstye Cam and Birkhouse Moor.
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Couldn't resist another shot looking towards the Kirkstone Pass
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Cold and windy! These pools of water are freezing over.
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The rocky tor and trig point that marks the summit of Place Fell
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High Raise, Rampsgill Head and High Street to the southeast
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Looking northeast to the foot of Ullswater and Hallin Fell
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The two valleys of Grisedale and Glenridding with Birkhouse Moor inbetween leading up to Helvellyn
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Sunshine on Glenridding
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Hart Side, Glencoyne and Watermillock Common
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One last look back at the summit
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Heading for High Dodd
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On the summit of High Dodd. A good bit of Ullswater in view along with Hallin Fell.
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Beda Fell on the other side of a hidden Boredale with the High Street range in the distance
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Wintery skies over Helvellyn
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Making my way across Sleet Fell. Gowbarrow Fell on the other side of Ullswater.
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Zooming in to its left to see the many ridges of Blencathra
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The valley of Boredale below
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and Beda Head on the other side of the valley
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The tangle of fells around Martindale. Howstead Brow is on the other side of Boredale, then Steel Knotts with Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill in the distance.
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Hallin Fell
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I've finally reached the end of Sleet Fell. One last shot across Martindale. Hallin Fell and Steel End, Bonscale Pike and Loadpot Hill in the background. A short, steep descent now to pick up the bridleway to Patterdale.
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Watermillock Common on the other side of Ullswater
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and Gowbarrow Fell and Swinburn's Park
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On the bridleway back to Patterdale
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Around a corner and I suddenly have a view ahead to Silver Point and some of the fells around the head of Ullswater. There's Birkhouse Moor, the pointed top of Catstye Cam and Sheffield Pike.
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At Silver Point. Arnison Crag, Birks, St Sunday Crag and the head of Ullswater. That little island just below is Lingy Holm.
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An Ullswater steamer breaks the calm
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Side Farm and I'm almost back in Patterdale (note the caravan on its roof)

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