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Martindale Backpack

Date ... Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 August 2007
Distance ... 14.00 miles
Ascent ... 3890 feet
Time ... n/a
Summits ... Beda Fell - 1664' (aw169)
Brock Crags - 1842' (aw144)
The Knott - 2423' (aw65)
Rampsgill Head - 2581' (aw41)(en184)
Kidsty Pike - 2560' (aw45)(en141)
High Raise - 2634' (aw31)(en124)
Wether Hill - 2210' (aw100)(en236)
Steel Knotts - 1414' (aw195)
Start ... Martindale Church (NY435191) - free parking
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº2 - The Far Eastern Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 9780711224667)


The 'old' Martindale church

The 'old' Martindale church

Looking up Martindale from the start of the Beda Fell ridge

Looking up Martindale from the start of the Beda Fell ridge

Looking back across the valley to Hallin Fell, from the same point

Looking back across the valley to Hallin Fell, from the same point

Looking up Boredale, with Place Fell on the right

Looking up Boredale, with Place Fell on the right

Again looking up Boredale, from Winter Crag

Again looking up Boredale, from Winter Crag

Angletarn Pikes from Beda Fell

Angletarn Pikes from Beda Fell

Arnison Crag and Birks from the ridge to Angletarn Pikes

Arnison Crag and Birks from the ridge to Angletarn Pikes

Looking back to Place Fell

Looking back to Place Fell

Our first view of Angle Tarn, Tim can't wait to get in the water and play

Our first view of Angle Tarn, Tim can't wait to get in the water and play

Looking back towards the tarn and the pikes from near Brock Crags

Looking back towards the tarn and the pikes from near Brock Crags

Brothers Water from the summit of Brock Crags

Brothers Water from the summit of Brock Crags

Looking up Pasture Bottom from the summit of Brock Crags, Gray Crag is on the left,
and Caudle Moor is on the right with the cloud just on the summit

Looking up Pasture Bottom from the summit of Brock Crags, Gray Crag is on the left, and Caudle Moor is on the right with the cloud just on the summit

Me and Tim on the summit of Brock Crags

Me and Tim on the summit of Brock Crags

Back to the tent after our walk round the tarn, Brock Crags is on the skyline

Back to the tent after our walk round the tarn, Brock Crags is on the skyline

The weather had improved a lot the following morning as we left the tarn

The weather had improved a lot the following morning as we left the tarn

Looking across to Fairfield from near to Satura Crag

Looking across to Fairfield from near to Satura Crag

Thornthwaite Crag and Hayeswater from the summit of The Knott

Thornthwaite Crag and Hayeswater from the summit of The Knott

Mardale Head from the summit of Kidsty Pike

Mardale Head from the summit of Kidsty Pike

Long Stile and High Street from Kidsty Pike

Long Stile and High Street from Kidsty Pike

Rest Dodd and The Nab from our descent from Wether Hill

Rest Dodd and The Nab from our descent from Wether Hill

Looking back up Martindale from from the Steel Knotts ridge

Looking back up Martindale from from the Steel Knotts ridge