The Old Crown Round
Sat 24 May 2008
Route: Hesket Newmarket - Carrock Beck Ford - Carrock Fell - Grainsgill Beck Bridge, Mosedale - Bowscale Fell - Blencathra - Mungrisdale Common - The Stake - Skiddaw House - Sale How - Skiddaw - Bakestall - Dash Beck - Brockle Crag - Great Cockup - Longlands - Green Head - Fell Side - Nether Row - Hesket Newmarket
Distance: 25.75 miles
Ascent: 7,355ft
Time: 11 hours
With: David Hall
Notes:
Very windy, especially on the summit of Skiddaw. Overcast to start but cloud breaking up during the day.
The Old Crown Round is a challenge walk/run visiting the tops of Skiddaw, Blencathra, Carrock Fell and Great Cockup (four beers brewed and sold in The Old Crown in Hesket Newmarket). The tops can visited in any order, you must start and finish at the same point and do the round in under 20 hours. You can start at any point, we started from the pub, most people don't, Swineside (Mosedale) is the most popular starting point.
| Miles | Ascent (ft) | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrock Fell | 4.00 | 1,800 | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Blencathra | 4.75 | 2,250 | 2 hr 25 mins |
| Skiddaw | 5.25 | 1,800 | 2 hr 20 mins |
| Great Cockup | 4.00 | 875 | 2 hr 00 mins |
| The Old Crown | 7.75 | 630 | 2 hr 50 mins |
| Total | 25.75 | 7,355 | 11 hr 00 mins |
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The Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket
Carrock Fell from the road ford across Carrock Beck
High Pike from the ascent of Carrock Fell
Carrock Fell summit with Blencathra beyond Bowscale Fell
The valley of the River Caldew, the pointed peak in the distance is Skiddaw Little Man
Crossing the River Caldew
Climbing out of Mosedale onto Bowscale Fell
Blencathra from Bowscale Fell's summit
Our line of ascent onto Atkinson Pike (Blencathra)
Just about to climb up Blue Screes
The view south from Blencathra's summit
Gategill Fell Top with Derwent Water and the north western fells beyond lost in the haze / cloud
Approaching Mungrisdale Common's summit
Blencathra from Mungrisdale Common
Skiddaw from Mungrisdale Common's summit
Cloven Stone
Sale How with Skiddaw Little Man and Skiddaw behind
The Stake
Ascending above Sale How. Carrock Fell is the fell in the far distance (left) and Blencathra is on the far right
On the superhighway up Skiddaw
Long Side and Ullock Pike, its really windy up here!
Skiddaw's summit ridge, a popular place today, we only saw about a dozen other people in total on the rest of the walk
Knott and Great Calva from Bakestall's summit
Great Cockup from Bakestall
Descending off Bakestall
The bottom, steep section off Bakestall
Looking back up our descent route off Bakestall
Brockle Crag with Binsey in the distance
Whitewater Dash (left), Bakestall and Skiddaw from the side of Brockle Crag
Binsey and Over Water from Great Cockup
Nearly at Great Cockup's summit
Meal Fell with Little Sca Fell and Great Sca Fell behind from Great Cockup's summit
Longlands Fell and Lowthwaite Fell from Great Cockup
Trusmadoor
Looking back to Great Cockup as we head for Longlands
Longlands
The track to Green Head from Longlands
Charleton Wath (ford)
The track into Green Head
Between Fell Side and Nether Row
Little Fellside
Looking towards Caldbeck
Street Head, only half a mile to go...
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