Potter Fell
Fri 20 Sep 2002
Route: Bowston back road - Side House - Potter Tarn - Gurnal Dubs - Ulgraves - a nameless top (1,266ft) - Brunt Knott - a nameless top (1,262ft) - Potter Tarn - Ghyll Pool - Hundhowe - Bowston back road
Distance: 8.00 miles
Ascent: 1,700ft
Time: 2 hours 50 minutes
With: On Own
Notes:
A grey day.
The plan had been to followed A. Wainwright's 'Potter Fell' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 8] however 'Keep Out' and 'No Access' notices and high walls and fences meant that alternative routes had to be taken.
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Side House
Potter Tarn
Looking back down on Potter Tarn
Gurnal Dubs
Looking across Longsleddale to Whiteside Pike from Ulgraves summit cairn
Longsleddale from Ulgraves summit cairn
One of the many stone walls, Potter Fell
Brunt Knott from a nameless top
The Kentmere fells from Brunt Knott summit
Northerly panorama from Brunt Knott's summit
Wall through a pond as noted by Wainwright, Brunt Knott
Looking back towards Brunt Knott
Ghyll Pool
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