Tag: hills and mountains
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Going through Little Hell Gate on Great Gable, Lake District – April
We thought we may have been up Great Gable on a previous occasion (I checked later, and it turned out that we had gone up it in 2009). In any case, we knew that we had not gone up ‘direct’ route up the south-west ridge, through the charmingly named Little Hell Gate. I forgot to…
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Finding a way up to Sca Fell, Lake District – April
We had been up to Scafell Pike before (in 2006): it is the highest mountain in England at 978m, and there is a relatively easy way up to the top. On the last occasion, it was in December, and there was a bit of snow at the top. I had felt a bit nervous about…
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Arriving in Wasdale, Lake District – April
The day after our walk in Kentmere, we left our friends’ house and drove over to Abbot Hall Art Gallery to see the Lynn Chadwick sculpture exhibition. Having enjoyed this, we drove away from Kendal over to the south-west side of the Lake District to Wasdale, one of the most remote valleys in the area.…