23rd March 2008 - The Dodds
Walk Details
Distance walked: 9.8 miles
Total ascent: 2552 ft
OS map used: OL5 - The English Lakes, North-eastern area
Time taken: 7 hrs
Route description: Dockray-Bracken How-Round How-Common Fell-Swineside Knott-Hart Side-Green Side-Stybarrow Dodd-Watson's Dodd-Great Dodd-Randerside-Old Coach Road-High Row-Dockray
A snowy walk on the eastern fells.
From Dockray I made my way uphill onto the fells beside the village, Bracken How and Round How and then across Watermillock Common to Swineside Knott. It was then onto Hart Side and Green Side to eventually arrive on the summit of Stybarrow Dodd. Easy walking across to Watson's Dodd and Great Dodd before heading back to Dockray by way of Randerside, the Old Coach Road and High Row.
Total ascent: 2552 ft
OS map used: OL5 - The English Lakes, North-eastern area
Time taken: 7 hrs
Route description: Dockray-Bracken How-Round How-Common Fell-Swineside Knott-Hart Side-Green Side-Stybarrow Dodd-Watson's Dodd-Great Dodd-Randerside-Old Coach Road-High Row-Dockray
A snowy walk on the eastern fells.
From Dockray I made my way uphill onto the fells beside the village, Bracken How and Round How and then across Watermillock Common to Swineside Knott. It was then onto Hart Side and Green Side to eventually arrive on the summit of Stybarrow Dodd. Easy walking across to Watson's Dodd and Great Dodd before heading back to Dockray by way of Randerside, the Old Coach Road and High Row.
Route map
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Common Fell from the start of the walk in Dockray
Cloud clearing from the far eastern fells
On the way up Bracken How
Hallin Fell and High Dodd on Place Fell across Ullswater from Bracken How
and looking towards the head of Ullswater
Great Mell Fell on the right
On Watermillock Common. Cross Fell and the North Pennines can be seen in the distance.
Cloud on Blencathra
Caudale Moor and Red Screes either side of the Kirkstone Pass
Place Fell with cloud still shrouding High Street behind
The fells around the head of Ullswater from Swineside Knott
Gowbarrow Fell with Cross Fell in the distance
Place Fell
St Sunday Crag
High Raise, Rampsgill Head, High Street, Thornthwaite Crag and Caudale Moor as I make my way up Hart Side
The North Pennines in the distance
Zooming in on Catstye Cam and Helvellyn from Green Side. Dark clouds developing.
Crag Hill and Grisedale Pike from a cold and windy summit of Stybarrow Dodd
Raise with Helvellyn and Helvellyn Lower Man behind
The next summit of Watson's Dodd and Skiddaw
Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell Pike, Lingmell, Great Gable and Pillar
Skiddaw from Watson's Dodd. That's the fell of High Rigg down in St John's in the Vale.
Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell Pike, Lingmell, Great Gable and Pillar with Thirlmere below
Crag Hill, Grisedale Pike and the rest of the northwestern fells
Skiddaw and Blencathra
Zooming in on Great Gable, Kirk Fell, Red Pike and Pillar
Esk Pike, Scafell Pike, Lingmell and Great Gable
On Great Dodd, the final summit of the day. The view south along the ridge to Stybarrow Dodd and Helvellyn.
The valley of Deepdale heads down to become Aira Beck
Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell Pike, Lingmell, Great Gable and Pillar from Great Dodd
Zooming in on Crag Hill, Hopegill Head and Grisedale Pike
Great Gable
The final shot of the day is across to High Street and the far eastern fells