Route: Martindale Old Church - Howe Grain - Dale Head - Bannerdale - below Heck Crag - Angle Tarn - Angletarn Pikes - Beda Fell - Winter Crag - Martindale Old Church
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 1,675ft
Time: 3 hours
With: On own
Notes:
Lots of sunshine and blue sky but high cloud built up from the west during the walk and the wind picked up.
Area
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Looking back down Howe Grain towards Hallin Fell
The Nab from the road to Dale Head
Dale Head
Heck Crag centre photo, the path I took goes under and to the left of the crag, above the wall, to the skyline
Looking back down Bannerdale
High above Bannerdale
Looking back down into Bannerdale with The Nab on the right as I reach the ridge
Looking across Angle Tarn to St Sunday Crag and Helvellyn
The southern, and slightly lower of the two Angletarn Pikes from Angle Tarn
Angle Tarn
Angle Tarn
Angle Tarn and one of its pikes
Angle Tarn from Angletarn Pikes' southern top
Birks with St Sunday Crag and the Helvellyn range behind
Angletarn Pikes' northern top from the southern top
Zooming in on some red deer on Angletarn Pikes' north top, having spotted me they soon depart
Birks with St Sunday Crag and the Helvellyn range behind from Angletarn Pikes' north top
Zooming in on Striding Edge, Helvellyn and Catstycam
The head of Ullswater and Place Fell
Glenridding at the head of Ullswater, the prominent fell in the centre of the photo is Sheffield Pike
Glenridding at the head of Ullswater
Angletarn Pikes' two tops, the northern one on the right at 567m is 2m higher
Boredale Hause and Place Fell
The ridge to Beda Fell
Bannerdale, The Nab and the northern part of the High Street ridge
The path on the right descending off the ridge is the bridleway down to Dale Head
Boredale
Approaching Beda Head, Beda Fell's summit
High Dodd with Blencathra beyond from Beda Fell's summit
Loadpot Hill from Beda Fell's summit cairn
Hallin Fell and Ullswater from Beda Head
Looking over Sleet Fell, Boredale and Ullswater to Gowbarrow Fell, Great Mell Fell and Little Mell Fell
Winter Crag Farm with Martindale Old Church top left
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