Route: Howtown - Ullswater - Hallinhag Wood - Sandwick - Sleet Fell - High Dodd - Place Fell - Boredale Hause - Side Farm - Patterdale - Glenridding village
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,000ft
Time: 3 hours 35 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Rain and drizzle for a lot of the walk, no wind.
We took an Ullswater Steamer from Glenridding to Howtown and then instead of walking the lake shore path all the way back we ascended Place Fell from Sandwick.
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Raven heading for Glenridding
Lady Dorothy leaves Howtown having dropped us off
Raining on Ullswater, looking back to Howtown pier
Walking through Hallinhag Wood
Its a steep climb up onto Sleet Fell from Sandwick
The view north from the summit of Sleet Fell
High Dodd from Sleet Fell
Looking back to Sleet Fell with Hallin Fell beyond
Ullswater, Sleet Fell and Hallin Fell from the summit of High Dodd
Place Fell with its top in cloud from High Dodd
High Dodd from Low Moss sheepfold
Looking back to High Dodd from near Hart Crag on our way to Place Fell's summit
Heading for Place Fell's summit
Place Fell's summit and the cloud has temporarily lifted
Looking down on Glenridding village from Place Fell's summit
Looking south to Round How, Place Fell's southern top
Brothers Water with Red Screes behind and Hartsop Above How on its right
Cloud in Glenridding
Zooming in on Birkhouse Moor and Helvellyn
Looking over Boredale Hause to Angletarn Pikes from Place Fell
The footpath repair work is well underway on the Boredale Hause to Place Fell path
The digger has been used on the lower, less steep section and the rock has been helicoptered in for pitching the upper part of the path
Descending to Boredale Hause
All that remains of 'Chapel in the Hause', the ruins of a medieval chapel at Boredale Hause
The wooded Keldas and the head of Ullswater
Descending to Patterdale from Boredale Hause
St Patrick's Boat Landing, Glenridding, Ullswater
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