FLEETWITH PIKE - a beautiful climb - do it.
A. Wainwright |
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| Fleetwith Pike | ||||||||
| Date | 18/4/2004 |
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| Walks done by: | Jed & Barb | |||||||
| Weather: | Dull with drizzle at times. | |||||||
| Distance | 4.5 miles. | |||||||
| Started at: | Honister Pass | |||||||
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| Dow Crag | 2126' | |||||||
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| Looking down the course of the old tramway to Honister Slate mine | ||||||||
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| Looking towards Haystacks from the site of the Drum house | ||||||||
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| Barb having a coffee at the ruins of the Drum house | ||||||||
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| The mine road | ||||||||
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| High Stile from the mine road | ||||||||
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| First sighting of Buttermere | ||||||||
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| Buttermere from Fleetwith Pike Summit | ||||||||
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| High Stile | ||||||||
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| Haystacks | ||||||||
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| A little colour in a bleak landscape | ||||||||
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| View of an old aerial rope way above Honister Pass | ||||||||
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| More workings across the valley | ||||||||
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| Mine entrance | ||||||||
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| Memorial at the mine | ||||||||
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