Walk Information

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Walk route: Corney Fell road [SD149896] - Buck Barrow - Whitfell - Burn Moor - Kinmont Buck Barrow - Corney Fell road [SD149896]

Distance: 5.75 miles

Ascent: 1,100ft

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Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

With: Anne

Conditions: hazy sunshine, very strong easterly wind

Comment: We followed A. Wainwright's 'Whit Fell' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 156]

Photos

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Kinmont Buck Barrow and Buck Barrow from the summit of the Corney Fell roadHeading for Buck BarrowBuck Barrow summitThe view south to Duddon Sands from Buck Barrow summitWhitfell from Buck Barrow summit. The high fells were lost in the hazeLooking back to Buck Barrow as we contoured round Burn MoorWhitfell summitStainton Pike and Yoadcastle from Whitfell summitLooking back to Whitfell from Burn MoorBuck Barrow and Kinmont Buck Barrow with Black Combe in the distance from Burn MoorThe view back to Burn Moor and Whitfell from the route up Kinmont Buck BarrowCairn on the top of Kinmont Buck BarrowGreat Paddy Crag, Buck Barrow

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