Two
days after our first
walk in beautiful weather, everything had changed - in fact, it didn't
take that long,
since the following day had been
horrible. This time we had very grey skies, and the threat of
rain. But we could just see the top of Hindscarth, so we (the
dogs and I, of course, plus four souls from the Online
Fellwalking Club)
set off at just after 10am from Little Town car park.
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Dogs
to the fore, as usual, with perhaps a little trepidation in view of the
clouds ahead... |
| The
spoil from Goldscope Mine on the flank of Hindscarth. If you
have lived in the area for more than ten minutes, you are supposed to
know that this was the very first mine in the area, commissioned by
Queen Elizabeth I, and worked by imported German miners.
These immigrants started impregnating the local Keswick girls, and were
promptly banished to live on Derwent Island in the lake. Some
of them must have escaped, though, since one of their descendants now
walks our dogs when we are not around... |
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Looking
back down Newlands from half way up Scope End, which is the front end
of Hindscarth. The ladies are Mary and Pam, from the OFC, the isolated
building is Newlands Church, and Little Town is visible on the right. |
| The
view over Scope End towards Maiden Moor and Catbells. |
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Another
picture from further along the ridge leading towards the climb up to
the top of Hindscarth. This is where the wind really started
- but, surprisingly no rain. Yet... |
| Dale
Head, from near the top of Hindscarth. At least we can see
it, which we couldn't at the start of the walk. |
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The
dogs near the top of Dale Head. |
| Just
to prove we did it: Mike and John at the top of Dale Head - I was
behind the camera, honest! |
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High
Spy as viewed from our lunch spot, at Dale Head Tarn. We had
an afternoon with some rain, but nothing special - until Hause Gate,
when we turned down west into the wind and got nice and wet. |
| Quite
impressive, some of the crags down the side of High Spy... |
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Catbells
and Derwentwater, from the flank of Maiden Moor |
| This
is the path down from Hause Gate to Borrowdale. What you
can't see is the beautiful view across Derwentwater towards Blencathra. |
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We
started with a mine, and we finish with one: Yewthwaite mine, above
Little Town. |
One
of the advantages of living in the Lakes is that you can wait for good
weather before venturing up high. However, we had arranged
this walk some days in advance, so we just went. If you want
to see some pictures of the Round in better weather, click here
and find the Newlands Round under "Long walks".
and find the Newlands Round under "Long walks".