Glencoyne Dale
Mon 4 Aug 2003
Route: Aira Force bottom carpark - Aira Force - High Force - Dockray - Watermillock Common - Glencoyne - Nick Head - Sheffield Pike - Nick Head - Glencoyne - Seldom Seen - Ullswater - Glenridding village
Distance: 8.00 miles
Ascent: 1,725ft
Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
With: 10 HF Holidays guests
Notes:
Sunny, very hot
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Aira Force from below
Aira Force from above
The Royal Hotel, Dockray
Leaving Dockray
Zooming back in on Great Mell Fell and Dockray
Great Mell Fell, Dockray and Gowbarrow Fell
Ullswater, the northern end of the High Street ridge and Place Fell
Blencathra
Gowbarrow Fell
The head of Ullswater
Looking north down Ullswater
Following the wall with Sheffield Pike ahead
Sheffield Pike from across Glencoyne
The start of the balcony path, an old miners route, round the head of Glencoyne
Looking back along the path,Glencoyne
Heading for Nick Head with Sheffield Pike on the left of the photo
Glencoyne
Sheffield Pike with our descent path clearly visible sloping down to the left
Looking across to Catstycam and Helvellyn from the ascent of Sheffield Pike
Nick Head and Greenside from the ascent
Ullswater from Sheffield Pike summit
360 Panorama from Sheffield Pike's summit
Ullswater from Glencoyne
Descending to the lake with Seldom Seen cottages in the wood
Glencoyne Farm
Ullswater
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