Hartsop Above How, Hart Crag, Priest's Hole and Dovedale
Sat 14 Jun 2014
Route: Cow Bridge - Hartsop Above How - Hart Crag - Houndshope Cove - Priest's Hole - Houndshope Cove - Dovedale - Hartsop Hall - Brothers Water - Cow Bridge
Distance: 6.00 miles
Ascent: 2,450ft
Time: 3 hours 25 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
Warm, hardly any wind.
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Looking down on Hartsop, height is quickly gained
Looking over Brothers Water to Hartsop Dodd
Looking back, Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes on the far side of the valley
The view northeast as I gain the ridge
Looking up the ridge
The ridge ahead from Gale Crag
Deepdale and St Sunday Crag
Dove Crag from Hartsop Above How's summit
Hart Crag from Hartsop Above How's summit
Looking back to Hartsop Above How
Dove Crag
Zooming in on the Priest's Hole
Looking back down my route as I ascend Hart Crag
Looking back to Hartsop Above How
Windermere to the south
Hart Crag summit cairn (the southern one)
Hart Crag summit, looking towards Fairfield
St Sunday Crag from Hart Crag's northern cairn
Heading down into Houndshope Cove
This boulder marks where to turn off the main path to go up to the Priest's Hole
Priest's Hole
Looking out
Hartsop Above How from the Priest's Hole
A step descent into Dovedale
Upper Dovedale
Looking back towards Dove Crag
Into the woodland
Looking across Brothers Water to Hartsop Dodd
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