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Apr 2021
8:29pm, 18 Apr 2021
6,300 posts
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FenlandRunner
Very nice. Causey Pike has an interesting scramble to get to the summit.
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Apr 2021
5:13pm, 19 Apr 2021
2,295 posts
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Snoot
Great be pics Synge and an interesting route.
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Apr 2021
5:54pm, 19 Apr 2021
7,555 posts
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Northern Exile
I did the "other" Borrowdale Horseshoe route on Saturday in lovely weather and can thoroughly recommend it. I imagine many of you will be aware that when the National Park and county boundaries were redefined a couple of years back, this part of Cumbria came under the auspices of the LDNPA, that meant (among other things) that Cicerone had to update their guidebooks  The result is that there were three "new" Fellrangers, Winterscleugh, Whinfell Beacon and Grayrigg Forest, all of which are on this route. If anyone wants more info please let me know, but basically I started just below Jeffrey's Mount and the route was about 14 miles and 3,700ft of height gain. The northern part of the route is pretty much all runnable, the southern not so but it makes up for that in interest. Have you ever seen the two microwave towers above the M6 just as you approach Tebay (heading North)? They're also enroute and precede Grayrigg Forest. Grayrigg Pike is the cairn you can see closest to the motorway. You definitely don't have to visit all the tops and there is plenty of scope for missing a few out, however FYI on an ACW route:
- Jeffrey's Mount
- Casterfell Hill
- Belt Howe
- Roundthwaite Common
- Winterscleugh
- Whinash
- Dennison Hill
- Exile's Leap (unnamed crag at 455m)
- Ashstead Fell
- Bobsy's Folly (unnamed crag at 470m)
- Mabbin Crag (care needed on descent, rocky gully)
- Old High
- Castle Fell
- Whinfell Beacon
- BT repeater station
- BT Microwave tower
- Grayrigg Forest (trig)
- Grayrigg Pike
Care needed on descent as it is possible to stray onto some private land, we did it the nasty/clarty way to the east, however I'm told the best way is to go back to the BT repeater station and follow the easy path to the north-east.
Hope this is of interest to some of you
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Apr 2021
5:55pm, 19 Apr 2021
7,556 posts
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Northern Exile
p.s. lots of fell ponies about. I met this lovely little lady on Saturday
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Apr 2021
7:39pm, 19 Apr 2021
40,038 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
NE - that’s fascinating - thanks for all the detail. Definitely of interest and when I get home I’ll compare your report against my draft list of additional summits which I still haven’t published! Definitely an area to be explored.
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Apr 2021
7:42pm, 19 Apr 2021
40,039 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Just one “where am I?” for today. It’s a Wainwright and it’s below 2,500 feet.
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Apr 2021
7:45pm, 19 Apr 2021
4,557 posts
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um
Will need an OS map screen open as I read NE’s list!
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Apr 2021
8:07pm, 19 Apr 2021
20,762 posts
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Rosehip
I just did that um - list on my phone, map on laptop
Looks like a great day out - more pics required
Looks familiar, but can't place the cairn -
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Apr 2021
8:19pm, 19 Apr 2021
275 posts
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RooA
I want to say Loughrigg?
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Apr 2021
8:21pm, 19 Apr 2021
40,041 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
It’s over 600 metres high.
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