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Grange Fell

Date ... Sunday, 13 July 2008
Distance ... 5.50 miles
Ascent ... 1800 feet
Time ... 3 hours 45 mins
Weather ... 16 ºC, light variable winds, dry, cloudy with sunny spells
Summits ... Grange Fell - 1363' (aw199)
Great Crag - 1500' (aw187)
Start ... Rosthwaite - NT pay + display car park (NY257148)
Route Map ... Click here for the route map from this walk
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº 3 - The Central Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 07181400284)


Rosthwaite village at the start of the walk

Rosthwaite village at the start of the walk

Zooming in on Base Brown and Green Gable

Zooming in on Base Brown and Green Gable

Cascades in Frith Gill

Cascades in Frith Gill

Nearing the top of Puddingstone Bank

Nearing the top of Puddingstone Bank

Zooming in on the head of Borrowdale

Zooming in on the head of Borrowdale

Bessyboot and Combe Head from the climb to Grange Fell

Bessyboot and Combe Head from the climb to Grange Fell

Zooming in on Dale Head from Grange Fell

Zooming in on Dale Head from Grange Fell

Tim doing his 'gremlin' impression!

Tim doing his 'gremlin' impression!

Watendlath Tarn from the climb to Great Crag

Watendlath Tarn from the climb to Great Crag

The Borrowdale valley from the summit of Great Crag

The Borrowdale valley from the summit of Great Crag

Dock Tarn

Dock Tarn

The 'sole' duck on Dock Tarn, well there was probably more but they must have been hiding!

The 'sole' duck on Dock Tarn, well there was probably more but they must have been hiding!

Looking across to Base Brown as we started to descend from the tarn

Looking across to Base Brown as we started to descend from the tarn

Greenup Gill and Eagle Crag from Lingy End

Greenup Gill and Eagle Crag from Lingy End

The steep 'pitched' path down through the woods

The steep 'pitched' path down through the woods

Eagle Crag from the Stonethwaite valley

Eagle Crag from the Stonethwaite valley