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Fairfield
A walk to Alcock Tarn, Great Rigg & Fairfiled returning via
Great Rigg & Stone Arthur
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4 November 2000 |
| Distance: |
9½ miles approx |
| Weather: |
Sunny & warm
start giving way to rain & snow above 2,500 feet |
| Time: |
5½ hours |
| Terrain: |
Well defined paths |
| Stiles: |
0 |
| Grade: |
Moderate |
| Parking: |
Park in
the road at Dale End (limited parking) |
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Nearest Towns: |
Ambleside |
| Refreshments: |
Various - Grasmere |
| Toilets: |
No public toilets
én route |
| Transport: |
Car |
| Other
Walks: |
Catbells - Lakeland Walks,
Leaney's Lakeland Fells,
Lake District Walks &
Striding Edge |
| Maps: |
Outdoor Leisure No.
4,
5, 6 & 7 |
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Appeal on behalf of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice |
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Catbells is totally NON-Profit making with ALL proceeds going to the Earl Mountbatten Hospice
If you've enjoyed your visit and/or found the information on this site useful, please make a donation to support this worthwhile charity
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Route |
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Click on image for large picture |
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Silver How from Grasmere
View Cottage
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Helm Crag from Grasmere
View Cottage
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Helm Crag, Dunmail Raise,
Seat Sandal, Great Rigg & Stone Arthur |
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Great Rigg, Stone Arthur
& Heron Pike from Grasmere View Cottage
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Nab Scar from Grasmere
View Cottage
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Loughrigg & Dale Head
from Grasmere
View Cottage
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Helm Crag, Dunmail Raise,
Seat Sandal, Great Rigg & Stone Arthur |
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Panorama from Grasmere
View Cottage |
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Seat Sandal, Great Rigg
& Stone Arthur from the entrance to Grasmere View Cottage |
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Grasmere, Seat Sandal, Great Rigg & Stone
Arthur from the road to the Loughrigg Terrace
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Helm Crag, Dunmail Raise
& Seat Sandal from the shore of Grasmere
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Silver How & Helm
Crag from the
shore of Grasmere |
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The Coach House on the
path from White Moss
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Silver How from the path
around Rydal Water
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Loughrigg & Rydal
Water from the path around Rydal Water
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Our intrepid walker
pauses to admire the scenery
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The path around Rydal Water on
the way to Alcock Tarn
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Grasmere, Silver How
& The Langdales from the path to Alcock Tarn
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Wetherlam, Silver How
& Grasmere
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Wansfell, Rydal Water
& Loughrigg
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Grasmere, Silver How, The
Langdales & Sergeant Man
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Sergeant Man, Greenup Edge & Steel Fell with a rainbow over Helm
Crag
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Grasmere, Silver How
& The Langdales
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Helm Crag & Steel
Fell with a rainbow in the valley
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Alcock Tarn, Nab Scar
& Windermere
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Stone Arthur, Great Rigg
& Alcock Tarn
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Stone Arthur, Great Rigg
& Alcock Tarn
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Windermere, Esthwaite
Tarn, Coniston, Heron Pike, Alcock Tarn & Rydal Water
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Heron Pike, Esthwaite
Tarn, Coniston, Alcock Tarn & Rydal Water
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