Great Borne and Starling Dodd from Ennerdale
Sat 4 Dec 2004
Route: Bowness car park, Ennerdale - Rake Beck - Great Borne - Starling Dodd - Little Dodd - Gillflinter Beck - High Gillerthwaite - Ennerdale Water - Bowness car park
Distance: 7.50 miles
Ascent: 2,200ft
Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne and David & Jennifer Hall
Notes:
Dull, overcast with a base at 1,750ft. Very windy on the summits
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Herdus from near Bowness car park
The view west from the ascent by Rake Beck
Heading up by Rake Beck
Bowness Knott and Ennerdale Water with the higher fells lost in cloud
Goose Bield (Fox Trap) by Rake Beck
High up on the ascent by Rake Beck, having climbed the steep section
Great Borne's summit
Starling Dodd's summit
A glimpse of Mellbreak and Crummock Water
Little Dodd's summit
Descending back into Ennerdale
Heading down the High Gillerthwaite - Red Pike path
The view up Ennerdale with Pillar lost in cloud on the right
Looking across Ennerdale Water to Crag Fell
Previous Walk: Great Calva (Sun 28 Nov 2004)
Next Walk: Rannerdale Knotts (Sun 5 Dec 2004)