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19th March 2011 - Middleton Fell

Walk Details

Distance walked: 12.4 miles

Total ascent: 2158 ft

OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas

Time taken: 6.5 hrs

Route description: Barbon-Eskholme-Eskholme Pike-Castle Knott-Calf Top-Barkin Top-Long Bank-Fellside-A683-River Lune-Low Waterside-Middleton Hall Bridge-Middleton-High Road-Barbon

An ascent of Calf Top & Middleton Fell from Barbon with the return by the River Lune and country lanes.

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St Bartholomews church in Barbon. Barbon is a village in the far south of Cumbria a few miles north of Kirkby Lonsdale.
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Barbon below from Eskholme Pike, the first stop on the way up
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The Lune valley from Eskholme Pike
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Crag Hill in the distance
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Crag Hill from Castle Knott
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The way ahead. Calf Top on the left and the hills around Dentdale to the right.
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Calf Top to the left. The valley below to the right is Barbondale.
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Dentdale from Calf Top
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The route I'm taking follows the ridge running down to the left.  The hills in cloud behind are the Howgills.
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The view across to Dentdale from Calf Top
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Dentdale
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The cloud has cleared from the Howgills
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Dentdale with the village of Dent visible
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The Howgills ahead as I make my way down along the ridge
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Looking across Dentdale on the way down. The hill closest is Aye Gill Pike and behind that Baugh Fell.
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Dentdale. The high point in the distance on the left is Great Knoutberry Hill.
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The Howgills
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and again
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Sedbergh and the Howgills
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The route ahead. The Lake District fells are just about visible in the distance.
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The route ahead follows a track back down to the valley
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On the way back to Barbon. Howgill fells in the distance.
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Another view of the Howgills
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The Howgills
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My route takes me alongside the River Lune for a short stretch..
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The ​Howgills in the distance
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Middleton Fell
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Looking back as I head back to Barbon on quiet country lanes
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Middleton Fell
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Almost back in Barbon with the Howgills in the distance
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Back in Barbon. The start of the walk was up the first hill on the right.

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