Threlkeld Side and High Cup

Sat 6 Mar 2004

Route: Dufton - Threlkeld Side - Great Rundale Tarn - Maize Beck - High Cup Nick - Pennine Way - Dufton

Distance: 9.50 miles

Ascent: 1,700ft

Time: 6 hours 15 minutes

With: Anne and Roger & Ann Hiley

Notes:

Overcast, light winds, warmer than expected

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The fountain in the village of Dufton with Dufton Pike behind

Heading up the valley of Great Rundale Beck

Old mine workings, Great Rundale Beck

Looking back down the valley to Dufton Pike

Lunch at the shooting box near Great Rundale Tarn

Heading across the pathless moorland

The peak in the distance is Mickle Fell

The footbridge across the Maize Beck gorge

Maize Beck

Our first view of High Cup

The south side of High Cup

The north side of High Cup with part of the large group of walkers from Whitley Bay scrambling out of the valley

High Cup Gill

High Cup Gill

Another shot of the north side of High Cup

Nichol Chair, High Cup

Looking back to High Cup Nick

Looking across the valley to Murton Pike with Wild Boar Fell (left) the Howgill Fells (right) in the distance

Dufton Pike with Knock Pike behind from the descent to Dufton

A barn catches the afternoon sun

The Stag Inn, Dufton

Previous Walk: The Wasdale Horseshoe (Fri 5 Mar 2004)

Next Walk: High Street from Mardale Head (Sun 7 Mar 2004)

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