Route: Tongue Intake - Low Oxen Fell - High Oxen Fell - Hodge Close Quarries - Holme Ground Tarns - Holme Fell - northeast ridge - Tongue Intake
Distance: 4.00 miles
Ascent: 700ft
Time: 2 hours
With: Anne
Notes:
The weather forecast was for gale force winds on the high fells with hail / sleet / snow showers so we opted for a lower fell where it was mild and dry and not so windy.
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Great How with Lingmoor Fell behind on the right from Low Oxen Fell
Holme Fell's northeast ridge
Looking out of the archway, Hodge Close Quarries
Looking out onto the Lake in Hodge Close's larger hole
Looking down onto the Lake in Hodge Close's larger hole
The Langdale Pikes from Hodge Close
Another view of Hodge Close's larger hole
A track through the woods, Holme Fell
Looking towards Fairfield from the lower slopes of Holme Fell
The Langdale Pikes from Holme Fell summit
360 Panorama from Holme Fell's summit
Coniston Water from Holme Fell
The Langdale Pikes with one of the disused quarry reservoirs in the foreground from Holme Fell
Yew Tree Tarn and Coniston Water from Holme Fell's northeast ridge
Panorama - Yew Tree Tarn, Coniston Water, Holme Fell and Wethererlam from Holme Fell's northeast ridge
Descending northwards off Holme Fell with Fairfield in the distance
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