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2nd January 2009 - The Dodds

Walk Details

Distance walked: 11.1 miles

Total ascent: 2587 ft

OS map used: OL5 - The English Lakes, North-eastern area

Time taken: 6.5 hrs

Route description: High Row-Dowthwaitehead-Birkett Fell-Hart Side-Green Side-Stybarrow Dodd-Watson's Dodd-Great Dodd-Calfhow Pike-Clough Head-White Pike-Old Coach Road-High Row

A bitterly cold day for this walk across the Dodds and most of the time spent on the tops was in low cloud.

From the car park at High Row I followed the road to its end at Dowthwaitehead where I walked through the farmyard to take the path that heads over into Glencoyne. I left the path to make my way upto the cairn on Birkett Fell. I then walked across the tops of Hart Side and Green Side to reach the summit of Stybarrow Dodd. From Stybarrow Dodd I then visited the summits of Watson's Dodd, Great Dodd, Calfhow Pike and Clough Head before I descended to the Old Coach Road whcih I followed back to the start.

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At the cairn on Birkett Fell
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The cloud briefly lifts to show Gowbarrow Fell and part of Ullswater
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On Stybarrow Dodd looking towards Watson's Dodd
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A brief glimpse of Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell Pike and Great Gable through the mist
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A clearer view of the same fells from Watson's Dodd
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​High Rigg and St. John's in the Vale
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The cloud lifts as I leave Great Dodd and head for Calfhow Pike and Clough Head
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Crag Hill, Grisedale Pike and the northwestern fells
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Zooming in on Crag Hill and Grisedale Pike
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Pillar in the middle of the picture
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The Vale of Keswick and Skiddaw
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Skiddaw from Calfhow Pike
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Crag Hill, Grisedale Pike and the northwestern fells
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Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell Pike, Great Gable and Pillar
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Across the Solway Firth
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The cloud came down again on the way up Clough Head, so the final shot of the day is from White Pike before I make my way down to the Old Coach Road. The view east across to the Mell Fells.

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