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

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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.

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 HouseThe way ahead across the flank of Grey Knotts from near the Drum HouseGreen Gable from Moses' Trod during a painful hail stormEnnerdale from Stone CoveKirk Fell and the Beck Head TarnsWasdale from above Beck HeadLooking back down on Beck Head from the ascent of Great GableThe Fell and Rock Climbing Club's war memorial on Great Gable summitPart of the crowd at Great Gable's summit waiting for the Act of RemembranceA short address is given before the two minutes silence at 11amWasdale from the Westmorland CairnDescending to Windy GapLooking across Windy Gap to Green GableStyhead Tarn, Allen Crags and the Langdale Pikes from Windy GapEnnerdale from the ascent of Green Gable from Windy GapWindy Gap from Green GablePassing Gillercomb HeadGreen Gable and Great Gable from Moses' TrodEnnerdale with Pillar on the left and Haystacks near rightBlackbeck Tarn, Buttermere and Crummock WaterHeading back to Honister as the weather closes in again, Dale Head aheadApproaching Honister Hause

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