Great Gable Remembrance Day Service (Sun 9 Nov 2008)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Honister Pass - Drum House - Moses' Trod - Beck Head - Great Gable - Windy Gap - Green Gable - Gillercomb Head - Drum House - Honister Pass

Distance: 6.50 miles

Ascent: 2,150ft

Time: 5 hours 0 minutes

With: lots of others

Conditions: Not the best, but not as bad as the forecast! Driving, heavy hail and sleet showers. Very windy for a lot of the time. However the cloud was not as low as I had feared so we got some views.

Route Map

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Photos

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The camera's flash highlights the hail as I look back to Honister while on my way to the Drum House
The camera's flash highlights the hail as I look back to Honister while on my way to the Drum House

The way ahead across the flank of Grey Knotts from near the Drum House
The way ahead across the flank of Grey Knotts from near the Drum House

Green Gable from Moses' Trod  during a painful hail storm
Green Gable from Moses' Trod during a painful hail storm

Ennerdale from Stone Cove
Ennerdale from Stone Cove

Kirk Fell and the Beck Head Tarns
Kirk Fell and the Beck Head Tarns

Wasdale from above Beck Head
Wasdale from above Beck Head

Looking back down on Beck Head from the ascent of Great Gable
Looking back down on Beck Head from the ascent of Great Gable

The Fell and Rock Climbing Club's war memorial on Great Gable summit
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club's war memorial on Great Gable summit

Part of the crowd at Great Gable's summit waiting for the Act of Remembrance
Part of the crowd at Great Gable's summit waiting for the Act of Remembrance

A short address is given before the two minutes silence at 11am
A short address is given before the two minutes silence at 11am

Wasdale from the Westmorland Cairn
Wasdale from the Westmorland Cairn

Descending to Windy Gap
Descending to Windy Gap

Looking across Windy Gap to Green Gable
Looking across Windy Gap to Green Gable

Styhead Tarn, Allen Crags and the Langdale Pikes from Windy Gap
Styhead Tarn, Allen Crags and the Langdale Pikes from Windy Gap

Ennerdale from the ascent of Green Gable from Windy Gap
Ennerdale from the ascent of Green Gable from Windy Gap

Windy Gap from Green Gable
Windy Gap from Green Gable

Passing Gillercomb Head
Passing Gillercomb Head

Green Gable and Great Gable from Moses' Trod
Green Gable and Great Gable from Moses' Trod

Ennerdale with Pillar on the left and Haystacks near right
Ennerdale with Pillar on the left and Haystacks near right

Blackbeck Tarn, Buttermere and Crummock Water
Blackbeck Tarn, Buttermere and Crummock Water

Heading back to Honister as the weather closes in again, Dale Head ahead
Heading back to Honister as the weather closes in again, Dale Head ahead

Approaching Honister Hause
Approaching Honister Hause

previous walk - Sun 2 Nov 2008 - Robinson and Hindscarth

next walk - Wed 12 Nov 2008 - Angle Tarn from Martindale

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