Great Gable Remembrance Day Service
Sun 9 Nov 2008
Route: Honister Pass - Drum House - Moses' Trod - Beck Head - Great Gable - Windy Gap - Green Gable - Gillercomb Head - Gillercomb Head Tarns - Drum House - Honister Pass
Distance: 6.50 miles
Ascent: 2,150ft
Time: 5 hours
With: Lots of others
Notes:
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.
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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 way ahead across the flank of Grey Knotts from near the Drum House
Green Gable from Moses' Trod during a painful hail storm
Ennerdale from Stone Cove
Kirk Fell and the Beck Head Tarns
Wasdale from above Beck Head
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
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
Wasdale from the Westmorland Cairn
Descending to Windy Gap
Looking across Windy Gap to Green Gable
Styhead Tarn, Allen Crags and the Langdale Pikes from Windy Gap
Ennerdale from the ascent of Green Gable from Windy Gap
Windy Gap from Green Gable
Passing Gillercomb Head
Green Gable and Great Gable from Moses' Trod
Ennerdale with Pillar on the left and Haystacks near right
Blackbeck Tarn, Buttermere and Crummock Water
Heading back to Honister as the weather closes in again, Dale Head ahead
Approaching Honister Hause
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