Hi All, It was a cold but sunny start this morning and I took the dogs through Whinlatter forest and up Ullister Hill (an excellent viewpoint, well worth...
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Angela Espin
angieespin
May 5, 2012 2:01 pm
Oooops, some extra numbers seem to have appeared, try this one .... https://picasaweb.google.com/106910148116493521814 Angie ... From: Angela Espin...
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Roger and Ann
hiley105...
May 5, 2012 3:00 pm
Hi Angela, Our favourite fell, love it for the extensive views,(a feature of so many fells that stand apart from others),the climb up and the fact that it...
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Roger and Ann
hiley105...
May 5, 2012 3:12 pm
Hi Mike, Really enjoyed looking at these two trail walks. Good to see totally unknown parts of the world. The weather here is nice, at least it is here in the...
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Roger and Ann
hiley105...
May 5, 2012 3:29 pm
Hi John, Just came off the phone from you and noticed the photos were up from the walk you told me you did this morning. A grand set of photos and a fine walk,...
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Maggie
skylarka
May 5, 2012 6:32 pm
Hi Ann and John They were painting more double yellow lines on the Braithwaite side of the pass when I drove over on Thursday morning. How long before the...
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tanya@...
May 5, 2012 6:38 pm
Hi All Here is my latest blog - Bannerdale Crags, Bowscale, Mungrisdale Common and Souther Fell with a visit to Carrock Beck... http://heelwalker1.blogspot.com...
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Edmund
criedin64
May 5, 2012 7:49 pm
Hi All A few pictures from a walk this morning. I was on the way to Newcastle to collect a car load of stuff and my son Matthew. A short diversion from the...
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John Paterson
johnpaterson96
May 5, 2012 8:08 pm
Hi Tanya, An excellent blog, as always. Just a couple of points: First, I agree with you wholeheartedly about Mungrisedale Common - I think AW was having a...
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tanya@...
May 5, 2012 8:18 pm
Hi John I utterly missed any charm Mungrisdale Common has....I would be interested to hear the charm others find in it though...(Perhaps climbing it from the...
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Maggie
skylarka
May 5, 2012 8:48 pm
Hi Angela Godd set of photos considering the murky/hazy conditons, the photo with the shafts of sunlight on Hen Comb and Mosedale is a beauty. Maggie...
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Angela
peak84walker
May 5, 2012 9:00 pm
Thanks Maggie A lack of view is always a good reason for a return visit to a summit I feel. At least when we return to the Kirkstile in November this time we...
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Angela
peak84walker
May 5, 2012 9:06 pm
Hi Ann /Roger It was a little disappointing not to have the greatest of views from the summit but after the day before I wasn't complaining. Although most of...
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Angela
peak84walker
May 5, 2012 9:11 pm
Hi Tanya Having done most of those fells last year I enjoyed your latest blog. I have yet to do Mungrisdale as as it isn't a Birkett but I'm sure I'll get ...
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tanya@...
May 5, 2012 9:25 pm
Hi Angela Thanks for replying. I have fallen in and dragged myself out of many bogs in the Lake District but just could not enjoy Mungrisdale Common...but I...
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Angela Espin
angieespin
May 5, 2012 9:34 pm
Hi Angela, Thanks for your kind comments. I always take loads of photos, guess I must just do so rather discreetly! The remark about Bailey not forgiving me...
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ian_h_s2001
May 5, 2012 9:45 pm
The first time I 'climbed' The Common,I thought it was just a squelchy trudge there and back,from Bannerdale Crags. I walked it again in 2010 on my 2nd...
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tanya@...
May 5, 2012 10:00 pm
Hi Ian I will take on board everyone's comments and see if I am tempted to try again - it absolutely would have to be on a sunny day and from a different route...
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Angela Espin
angieespin
May 5, 2012 10:04 pm
Hi Angela, Good to see that you & John finally managed to conquer Mellbreak. It might not have been the greatest day for views but you managed to get some...
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Angela Espin
angieespin
May 5, 2012 10:13 pm
Hi Tanya, Another very interesting blog, I enjoyed Bannerdale Crags & was expecting to dislike Mungrisdale Common. As Ian says, the weather makes all the...
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tanya@...
May 5, 2012 10:26 pm
Hi Angie It was sunny on Mungrisdale so I can't blame the weather. Although perhaps as it was just after a thaw of snow it may have been more marshy than in...
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paul byrne
paulbyrnep
May 6, 2012 6:46 am
Hi Mike Nice to see trails from overseas enjoyed looking at them. cheers Paul ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Angela
peak84walker
May 6, 2012 8:18 am
Hi Angie Thanks for the comments. If I remember correctly this will be your first trip to the lakes since completing the Wainwrights so it will be interesting...
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Angela
peak84walker
May 6, 2012 9:37 am
Hi Edmund A great set of photos from your walk. I love the vast expanse that is the Back O'Skiddaw fells and it looks like you had the perfect weather for...
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Maggie
skylarka
May 6, 2012 1:09 pm
Hi all Yesterday I decided to seize the day and climb Pen to complete my Birkett Round (excluding Pillar Rock which is a rock climb and therefore I can't do it...
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Roger and Ann
hiley105...
May 6, 2012 2:55 pm
Hi Ed, Realy enjoyed this set, what a good way to brighten up a journey to Newcastle ! I love Carrock Fell, a good steep ascent and a fine top. The ridge walk...
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Roger and Ann
hiley105...
May 6, 2012 3:07 pm
Hi Tanya, Great blog and photos as always, a good circuit, spoilt as ever by the inability to cross that tiny field at the end of the walk coming off Souther...
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Roger and Ann
hiley105...
May 6, 2012 3:18 pm
Hi Maggie, Congratulations from both of us, a magnificent achievement. You must still be on a high today !! It was a glorious day yesterday, the views were...
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Sherran
willygaughan
May 6, 2012 4:32 pm
Hi Angela Nice to see your photos of Mellbreak, another one that we did that week also, some great views from the summit. regards Sherran From: Angela Sent:...
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Sherran
willygaughan
May 6, 2012 4:32 pm
< No worries, you didn't burble on too much, it's nice to have a chatty companion :o) > She is used to me rabbiting on Angela, she just switches off when she...
