Walk Information

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Walk route: Patterdale - Striding Edge - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Raise - Sticks Pass - Stybarrow Dodd - Watson's Dodd - Great Dodd - Calfhow Pike - Clough Head - White Pike - Mariel Bridge - Lobbs - Wallthwaite - Scales

Distance: 15.50 miles

Ascent: 4,450ft

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Time: 7 hours 50 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: Sunny, no cloud, strong wind for the second half of the walk, warm out of the wind

Comment:

Day two of the Wainwright Memorial Walk

Day one - Windermere to Patterdale

Day three - Scales to Keswick

Photos

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St Patrick's Church, PatterdaleGrisedale, our path goes up the fellside, the top part can just be seen as a white line up to the skyline (left of centre)Grisedale with Saint Sunday Crag on the left and Dollywaggon and Nethermost Pikes straight aheadOn the path to the Hole-in-the-WallGrisedale from the path to the Hole-in-the-WallDollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike from the path to the Hole-in-the-WallLooking back down the Grisedale valley from the path to the Hole-in-the-WallBirkhouse Moor from the Hole-in-the-WallThe path to Striding Edge on the far left, Helvellyn and Catstycam from near the Hole-in-the-WallHelvellyn and Red Tarn as we head up the path to Striding EdgeStriding EdgeThe Dixon memorial just after High Spying How at the start of Striding EdgeLooking over Red Tarn to CatstycamStriding Edge, you don't have to walk/scramble along the crest of the ridge all the way if you don't want to!Walkers descending the chimney, the awkward bit of Striding EdgeLooking back down on Striding Edge as we head for Helvellyn's summitThe Gough Memorial above Striding Edge with Helvellyn's summit behind360 Panorama from Helvellyn's summitLooking over Ullscarf and the woods around Harrop Tarn to Bowfell, Scafell Pike, Great Gable and Pillar from Helvellyn's summitThirlmere from Helvellyn Lower ManDescending from Helvellyn Lower Man with White Side aheadBrown Cove directly below and the pointed Catstycam with Sheffield Pike and Ullswater beyond and the North Pennines on the skylineNext its Raise as we leave White SideA northerly panorama from Raise's summitSticks Pass and Stybarrow DoddThe view west from Stybarrow Dodd's summitWatson's Dodd and Great Dodd from Stybarrow DoddHeading for Calfhow Pike and Clough Head from Great DoddCalfhow Pike with the Skiddaw fells behindThe north western fells from just below Calfhow PikeBlencathra from Clough Head summitThe path to White Pike with the north Pennines beyond Great Mell Fell and Little Mell FellDescending to the Old Coach Road at Mariel BridgeMariel Bridge across Mosedale BeckCrossing Barbaryrigg Moss with Great Mell Fell aheadLooking back across Barbaryrigg Moss to Clough HeadThe stile and gate at NY362237 as we join the bridleway to LobbsOn the bridleway to Lobbs with Bannerdale Crags and Souther Fell aheadLobbsBlencathra from LobbsHighgatecloseBridge across the old Penrith to Keswick railway line near HighgateMosedale ViaductWalking through WallthwaiteLooking south from Scales to Clough Head with Great Dodd behindMosedale Viaduct from Scales, Lobbs is just to the right of the large block of woodland and the white house behind the viaduct is HighgatecloseWhite Horse Inn, Scales from the A66

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