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28th March 2012 - Great Borne and Starling Dodd

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 6.0 miles

Total ascent: 2172 ft

OS map used: OL4 - The English Lakes, North-western area

Time taken: 5.5 hrs

Route description: Bowness Point-Rake Beck-Herdus-Great Borne-Starling Dodd-Smithy Beck Walk-Bowness Point

Another warm and sunny day for my first ever OFC group walk. I joined Roger, Ann and their dogs Harry and Bethan as well as Bill, Sherran and Ian for this walk to Great Borne and Starling Dodd from Bowness Point in Ennerdale.

From the car park we walked back along the road before taking the path uphill alongside Rake Beck. This path is not marked on the map but is easy to follow. We then visited the tops of Herdus, Great Borne and Starling Dodd. The way down from Starling Dodd is pathless over heather. We aimed for a V-shape in the forest boundary where there is gate in the fence. Forest paths were then followed back to the car park.

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The start of the walk at Bowness Point
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Following the path by Rake Beck and part of Ennerdale Water comes into view
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Bowness Knot with Crag Fell behind
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A hazy Ennerdale
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Ahhh! That's better.
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Crag Fell and Ennerdale Water from Herdus
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Pillar, Scoat Fell and Haycock through the haze
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Grasmoor from the summit of Great Borne
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Pillar, Scoat Fell and Haycock from Great Borne
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Heading for Starling Dodd
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Pillar and Scoat Fell from Starling Dodd
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Follow the ridge and you'll reach Red Pike then High Stile
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Grasmoor from Starling Dodd
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Looking back to the last summit of Great Borne
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Contemplating on a great view. Which way are we going?
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Descending through heather to the forest
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The "Settlement" in the forest
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Smithy Beck
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Back by the shore of Ennerdale Water
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A couple of photos taken that evening in Loweswater. This one is from the red phone box near the Kirkstile Inn. The peak on the right is the north end of Mellbreak.
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and this one is from the side of the road from Thackthwaite to Loweswater. What a view! That's Great Gable in the far distance at the head of the valley.

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