Place Fell
Sun 4 Nov 2007
Route: Patterdale - Side Farm - Hare Shaw - Place Fell - Boredale Hause - Side Farm - Patterdale
Distance: 4.50 miles
Ascent: 1,700ft
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne
Notes:
Overcast
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The track to Side Farm with the slopes of Place Fell behind
Track above Side Farm
The head of Ullswater from above Side Farm
Looking across to the wooded Keldas with Birkhouse Moor behind
Continuing along the higher of the two paths with Sheffield Pike on the far side of Ullswater
The start of the steep climb on to Place Fell but there is a path all the way
Glenridding seen across Ullswater as we gain height
Looking north with the Mell Fells in the far distance
Place Fell's summit
Sunshine on Sheffield Pike and Hart Side
The view south from Place Fell's summit
Looking down on Glenridding over 1,500ft below us
Angletarn Pikes with Brock Crags behind and the sun catching the top of Gray Crag, the mass of High Street on the far left skyline
Looking back to Place Fell from Chapel-in-the-Hause, Boredale Hause
Patterdale and the head of Ullswater from our descent from Boredale Hause
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