Place Fell from Patterdale

21 August 2004


Patterdale village in the sunshine on this beautiful Saturday morning


George waits at one of the becks crossing the path


Looking past Brothers Water up the Kirkstone Pass


Ascending Place Fell to Boredale Hause, looking up the valley of Deepdale between Hartsop-above How and Arnison Crag


From the same point, looking back towards the head of Ullswater and up Glenridding valley between Birkhouse Moor and Sheffield Pike


George waits for Stephen to catch up


Wainwright describes something which looks like a sheepfold but is actually the remains of a chapel


Continuing the ascent of Place Fell, looking across the the path climbing across the flank of Birkhouse Moor to Hole-in-the-Wall, on the way to Striding Edge and Helvellyn (centre-left), with the pyramid of Catstyecam prominent centre-right


Deepdale from a bit higher up


George rests on top of the cairn. He always gets a little treat at the top, but is sometimes a bit optimistic as to which top we are aiming for!


George is visible centre, running on ahead


George is just visible top-centre on this rocky little ascent, and close-up below


Once up that, the delightful ridge along to the summit came into view


Looking the other way past Brothers Water


George and the unnamed tarn which he would like to lay claim to, with the foot of Ullswater behind


The trig point on the summit of Place Fell (657m/2156ft)


George comes back from checking out the view of Grisedale and Glenridding, sandwiching the combe of Red Tarn with Helvellyn behind Birkhouse Moor


A 360° panorama from the summit of Place Fell - click for a larger version


On the way down, a last look at the summit


Boredale Hause from the east end of the summit ridge


This structure is clearly the remains of the Chapel in the Hause, and the object pictured earlier a sheepfold after all!


The beautiful green grass of Boredale Hause


A panoramic view to the west from Boredale Hause


A stop for lunch at the car park ascending Kirkstone Pass gives the opportunity for a good long look at Place Fell and Boredale Hause. A grand little walk [6.5km, 500m of ascent, 2.75 hours]

 
 

 

Back Up Next

Unless otherwise stated, all images copyright (c) Stephen and Lucy Dawson