FE Lake District Lovers
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Aug 2020
9:22pm, 14 Aug 2020
12,642 posts
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Badger
Mountain rescue always there if you need it: grough.co.uk I’m not much cop at scrambling but I don’t recall Catbells being terribly scary. |
Aug 2020
9:26pm, 14 Aug 2020
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Rosehip
- I've actually never been over Catbells! (at least not in the last 40 years - mum think I walked it when I was about 5, but I don't remember) It's one I've been saving for a surprisingly decent weather day out of "season" I didn't think there was anything exposed or scary |
Aug 2020
9:29pm, 14 Aug 2020
739 posts
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Totriornottotri
I’ll confess it wasn’t as easy as I wished at the end of Abraham’s Tea Round! But DS2 did it at 3 so can’t be that bad.
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Aug 2020
9:37pm, 14 Aug 2020
17,360 posts
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Rosehip
(that should be 50 yrs, not 40 I keep forgetting how ancient I am) Hatching a plan to get the expresso round in soon - not sure I'm up to the tea round on my own. |
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Aug 2020
10:11pm, 14 Aug 2020
740 posts
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Totriornottotri
Except for the crowds it is a great peak - amazing panorama, scrambly to keep it interesting, close enough to towns for small legs.
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Aug 2020
10:15pm, 14 Aug 2020
4,531 posts
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FenlandRunner
There are a couple of places, where you may want to use your hands. I saw a fell runner who was acting billy-big-boots and he took a tumble while descending. So I'd say it's not like a stroll up Skiddaw, but not as exciting as the last part of Causey Pike. |
Aug 2020
10:46pm, 14 Aug 2020
48,006 posts
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Velociraptor
I've seen someone get into a pickle on that part of Catbells, descending using walking poles rather than going up.
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Aug 2020
11:47pm, 14 Aug 2020
11,185 posts
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rf_fozzy
My legs failed to work coming off catbells on Anni waltz. I had blown up on high spy mind...
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Aug 2020
11:59pm, 14 Aug 2020
208 posts
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Snoot
Done the Espresso round a few times. One when it was a bit icy up high so Causey was dicey in parts. Working my way up to the Tea Round!
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Aug 2020
2:17am, 15 Aug 2020
19,352 posts
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flanker
FR, Kinky partially ruptured her achilles chasing Dave & I down Catbells, ironically by just hitting a random rock in the grass when it flattened out! And I've gone a over t on the track down from Yewthwaite to Little Town. It's always the little ones that cause trouble 
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