20th November 2010 - Thorneythwaite Fell and High Doat
Walk Details
Distance walked: 6.5 miles
Total ascent: 2312 ft
OS map used: OL4 - The English Lakes, North-western area
Time taken: 6 hrs
Route description: Seatoller-Mountain View-Thorneythwaite Fell-Mountain View-Folly Bridge-Longthwaite-Tongue Gill-High Doat-Seatoller
When I set off on this walk I had planned to walk to Glaramara but a change in the weather put paid to that. As I was walking up Thorneythwaite Fell the blue skies and sunshine suddenly disappeared to be replaced by low cloud, hill fog and a strong wind. I've already been up Glaramara a few times so I decided to turn around and continue the walk down in Borrowdale with a walk by the Derwent and up to the summit of High Doat before returning to Seatoller.
Total ascent: 2312 ft
OS map used: OL4 - The English Lakes, North-western area
Time taken: 6 hrs
Route description: Seatoller-Mountain View-Thorneythwaite Fell-Mountain View-Folly Bridge-Longthwaite-Tongue Gill-High Doat-Seatoller
When I set off on this walk I had planned to walk to Glaramara but a change in the weather put paid to that. As I was walking up Thorneythwaite Fell the blue skies and sunshine suddenly disappeared to be replaced by low cloud, hill fog and a strong wind. I've already been up Glaramara a few times so I decided to turn around and continue the walk down in Borrowdale with a walk by the Derwent and up to the summit of High Doat before returning to Seatoller.
Route map
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Frosty fields in Borrowdale on the climb up Thorneythwaite Fell
The view across to Great Gable, Base Brown and the hanging valley of Gillercomb
Borrowdale from higher up
Bessyboot with a cloud covered Helvellyn range in the distance
Dale Head and High Spy
Cloud starting to form on Great Gable
Great End, Lingmell and Great Gable. This was the last picture I took for a while. The cloud suddenly came down so I made my way back down to Borrowdale.
On High Doat. The ridge of Thorneythwaite Fell leads up to a cloud covered Glaramara.
The view up Borrowdale towards Seathwaite
and down Borrowdale towards Skiddaw and Derwent Water
The Honister Pass
A last shot of Borrowdale before heading down to Seatoller