Dollywaggon Pike to Helvellyn
Sun 17 Nov 2013
Route: Dunmail Raise - Raise Beck - Grisedale Tarn - Dollywaggon Pike - High Crag - Nethermost Pike - Swallow Scarth - Helvellyn - Swallow Scarth - Birk Side - Wythburn path - Permissive path - Dunmail Raise
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,700ft
Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
A walk in the clouds. Drizzle, becoming heavier and rain by the end. Cold in the wind.
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Helm Crag from Dunmail Raise
Looking back down Raise Beck to Dunmail Raise
Grisedale Tarn, just below the cloud
Looking down the Dollywaggon Pike zig-zags as I get into the cloud
The Post, just below Dollywaggon Pike's summit, its marked on the OS map
On the way to Nethermost Pike
Nethermost Pike's summit
Helvellyn's summit
About to descend into Comb Gill as I head down towards Wythburn Church
Comb Gill
On the permissive path back to Dunmail Raise
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