Distance: 11.5 miles
Ascent: approx 900m
Weather: chilly start, sunny.
Going: soft, soft to bog
We parked at the car park just south of Dockray and walked up through the village and along the lane to High Row. We followed the wide track for a while and then turned off on to a wet path through the grass (and bog, yay) up on to High Brow. Lots of swallows flitting about here. Bog abounded on the way to Randerside, where they were herding the sheep, and then we met the main path again which led us up to Great Dodd.
Little Dodd was next on our route, marked by a small pile of stones and some sheep, and then we contoured round a very wet path around onto Stybarrow Dodd. Here we met Billy the dog, who likes to stand in puddles, and a beardy American chap who liked to chat.
We had a fine lunch, with more tiffin and hot tea, on Stybarrow Dodd before heading over to White Stones (with the annoying drone of a microlight circling overhead), Hart Crag and Birkett Fell. From here we visited Brown Hills, Swainside Knott (with fine views over Ullswater), Common Fell (overtaken by hounds) and down on to Round How and Bracken How - where there was a lot of bracken and rabbit holes.
The path then follows the wall and looks to lead straight to the car park, but the walk had a little sting in its tail with a broken stile over the wall and a steep, rocky, muddy scramble down Brunt Crag. I had to sit on my coat in the car (again.)
Ascent: approx 900m
Weather: chilly start, sunny.
Going: soft, soft to bog
We parked at the car park just south of Dockray and walked up through the village and along the lane to High Row. We followed the wide track for a while and then turned off on to a wet path through the grass (and bog, yay) up on to High Brow. Lots of swallows flitting about here. Bog abounded on the way to Randerside, where they were herding the sheep, and then we met the main path again which led us up to Great Dodd.
Little Dodd was next on our route, marked by a small pile of stones and some sheep, and then we contoured round a very wet path around onto Stybarrow Dodd. Here we met Billy the dog, who likes to stand in puddles, and a beardy American chap who liked to chat.
We had a fine lunch, with more tiffin and hot tea, on Stybarrow Dodd before heading over to White Stones (with the annoying drone of a microlight circling overhead), Hart Crag and Birkett Fell. From here we visited Brown Hills, Swainside Knott (with fine views over Ullswater), Common Fell (overtaken by hounds) and down on to Round How and Bracken How - where there was a lot of bracken and rabbit holes.
The path then follows the wall and looks to lead straight to the car park, but the walk had a little sting in its tail with a broken stile over the wall and a steep, rocky, muddy scramble down Brunt Crag. I had to sit on my coat in the car (again.)
From Randerside towards Derwent Water
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