5th June 2010 - Great Shunner Fell and Lovely Seat
Walk Details
Distance walked: 9.3 miles
Total ascent: 2121 ft
OS map used: OL30 - Yorkshire Dales, Northern & Central areas
Time taken: 5.5 hrs
Route description: Thwaite-Pennine Way-Great Shunner Fell-Little Shunner Fell-Grimy Gutter Hags-Cliff Gate Road-Lovely Seat-Cliff Gate Road-Butter Tubs-Cliff Gate Road-Thwaite
From Thwaite I followed the Pennine Way to the summit of Great Shunner Fell. I then made my way over Little Shunner Fell and down to the Butter Tubs pass road and up to the summit of Lovely Seat. From Lovely Seat I went back down to the road and followed the road back to Thwaite.
Total ascent: 2121 ft
OS map used: OL30 - Yorkshire Dales, Northern & Central areas
Time taken: 5.5 hrs
Route description: Thwaite-Pennine Way-Great Shunner Fell-Little Shunner Fell-Grimy Gutter Hags-Cliff Gate Road-Lovely Seat-Cliff Gate Road-Butter Tubs-Cliff Gate Road-Thwaite
From Thwaite I followed the Pennine Way to the summit of Great Shunner Fell. I then made my way over Little Shunner Fell and down to the Butter Tubs pass road and up to the summit of Lovely Seat. From Lovely Seat I went back down to the road and followed the road back to Thwaite.
Route map
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A view towards Great Shunner Fell
Views back down to Swaledale from the Pennine Way route up to Great Shunner Fell.....
Great Shunner Fell ahead
Lovely Seat
Swaledale
On the summit of Great Shunner Fell. Views to Wild Boar Fell and High Seat above Mallerstang.
High Seat and Nine Standards Rigg
On the summit of Lovely Seat looking back to Great Shunner Fell
The fells around the head of Wensleydale
The fells to the north of Swaledale
Fells to the east of Lovely Seat
Wensleydale
Great Shunner Fell
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The Butter Tubs....
Swaledale from the road back down to Thwaite
Swaledale
Thwaite below Kisdon Hill