Walk Information

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Walk route: Brownrigg Farm - Great Mell Fell - Brownrigg Farm

Distance: 2.00 miles

Ascent: 900ft

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Time: 55 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Proper shorts and tee shirt weather

Photos

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The track to Racy Cottage which I followed for about 300 yardsLeave the track at this gate / stileA steeper section through the brackenHelvellyn and the DoddsThe most photographed tree in the Lake District? This windblown tree always catches the eyeSouth to Gowbarrow FellPlace Fell, Red Screes, St Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and many othersThe path to the upper woodlandLeft or right it does not matter. Right path for me today and back via the left onePlace Fell and Red Screes from the upper woodlandEel Crag, Grisedale Pike and Blencathra from Great Mell Fell's summit360 Panorama from Great Mell Fell's summitBlencathraClough Head, Eel Crag, Grisedale Pike and Blease Fell (Blencathra)The old rifle range, the hamlet of Troutbeck and Carrock FellBlencathraThe North Pennines from Great Mell Fell's summitLittle Mell Fell from the descentThe view south from Great Mell FellLittle Mell Fell from the lower slopes of Great Mell FellHelvellyn and the Dodds from just above that tree...

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