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17th August 2008 - A Kentmere Horseshoe

Walk Details

Distance walked: 11.2 miles

Total ascent: 3276 ft

OS map used: OL7 - The English Lakes, South-eastern area

Time taken: 6.5 hrs

Route description: Kentmere-Garburn Pass-Yoke-Ill Bell-Froswick-Thornthwaite Crag-Mardale Ill Bell-Nan Bield Pass-Hallow Bank-Kentmere

I set off on this round of the Kentmere Horseshoe in sunshine but the weather changed as I made my way along the Ill Bell ridge and a good part of the walk was spent in cloud with showers.

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A fine start to the day in Kentmere as I head for the Garburn Pass
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Windermere as I start the climb up Yoke
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Sunshine on Green Quarter Fell above Kentmere
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Looking across to Sour Howes and Sallows
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Windermere as I head up Yoke
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Still a bit of sunshine down on Kentmere
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Looking ahead to Ill Bell and High Street from Yoke
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Caudale Moor and Ill Bell. The last shot before the cloud and rain came down.
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The Ill Bell ridge still shrouded in cloud as I head back to Kentmere

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