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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.

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A view towards Great Shunner Fell
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Views back down to Swaledale from the Pennine Way route up to Great Shunner Fell.....
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Great Shunner Fell ahead
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Lovely Seat
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Swaledale
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On the summit of Great Shunner Fell. Views to Wild Boar Fell and High Seat above Mallerstang.
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High Seat and Nine Standards Rigg
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On the summit of Lovely Seat looking back to Great Shunner Fell
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The fells around the head of Wensleydale
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The fells to the north of Swaledale
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Fells to the east of Lovely Seat
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Wensleydale
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​Great Shunner Fell
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The Butter Tubs....
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Swaledale from the road back down to Thwaite
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​Swaledale
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Thwaite below Kisdon Hill

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