Walk Information

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Walk route: Howtown - Arthur's Pike - Bonscale Pike - Loadpot Hill - Wether Hill - Steel Knotts - Howtown

Distance: 10.00 miles

Ascent: 2,400ft

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Time: 4 hours 40 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: blue sky and sunshine but a fierce wind on the tops

Photos

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Raven, one of the Ullswater Steamers leaving Howtown PierLooking back down the Howtown path to Hallin Fell and Ullswater's middle reachNorth to Heughscar HillThe wooded hill of Dunmallard near Pooley Bridge at the north end of Ullswater from Arthur's Pike's summit cairn360 Panorama from Arthur's Pike's summitUllswater from the beacon, 250m northwest of Arthur's Pike summitNorth down Ullswater from the beacon, 250m northwest of Arthur's Pike summitUllswater from the beacon, 250m northwest of Arthur's Pike summitThe pillars on the side of Bonscale Pike. The lower one is Bonscale TowerPlace Fell and Hallin Fell with Fairfield, Saint Sunday Crag and the Helvellyn ridge behind360 Panorama from Bonscale Pike's summitAnne Leaney heading for Loadpot Hill across the grass from Bonscale PikeLoadpot Hill summit360 Panorama from Loadpot Hill's summitAll that now remains of Lowther House, a former shooting lodgeHeading for Wether HillWether Hill summit360 Panorama from Wether Hill's summitThe Nab and The BungalowZooming in on The BungalowThe ridge to Steel KnottsThe Nab and MartindalePikeawassa, Steel Knott's summit360 Panorama from Steel Knotts' summitHallin Fell and St. Peter's church, Martindale with Blencathra in the distance (left skyline)Descending the ridge back to HowtownUllswater and Howtown from the ridge

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