High Cup Nick

Sat 26 Jul 2008

Route: Dufton - road - Harbour Flatt - High Cup Gill - High Cup Nick - Maize Beck - Pennine Way - Dufton

Distance: 10.25 miles

Ascent: 1,550ft

Time: 5 hours 10 minutes

With: David Hall and Anne

Notes:

Low cloud to start but lifting and breaking to give hazy sunshine, warm

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The road to Murton from Dufton

Heading up High Cup Gill and the cloud is down, I hope it lifts and breaks as forecast!

Nichol Chair from below as the cloud starts to lift a bit

Looking up towards High Cup Nick

High Cup Gill

A steep climb up out of the gill

High Cup Gill's northern escarpment

High Cup Gill's southern escarpment

Whin Sill

High Cup Nick

Looking towards Meldon Hill

Maize Beck

Maize Beck gorge

Maize Beck gorge

The footbridge across the Maize Beck gorge

Maize Beck

Limestone, High Cup Plain

Nichol Chair

High Cup Nick from above Nichol Chair

Looking across High Cup Gill to Murton Pike

Heading down the Pennine Way to Dufton

Limekiln in the disused quarry near Peeping Hill

Dufton Pike from the descent to Dufton

The track down to Dufton, the Lake District is lost in the heavy haze

Barn near Gregory

Dufton Pike from the fountain in the village of Dufton with The Stag Inn on the far left

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