Walk Information

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Walk route: Bowston back road - Side House - Potter Tarn - Gurnal Dubs - Ulgraves - a nameless top (1,266ft) - Brunt Knott - a nameless top (1,262ft) - Potter Tarn - Hundhowe - Bowston back road

Distance: 8.00 miles

Ascent: 1,700ft

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Time: 2 hours 50 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: a grey day

Comment: The plan had been to followed A. Wainwright's 'Potter Fell' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 8] however 'Keep Out' and 'No Access' notices and high walls and fences meant that alternative routes had to be taken.

Photos

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Side HousePotter TarnLooking back down on Potter TarnGurnal DubsLooking across Longsleddale to Whiteside Pike from Ulgraves summit cairnLongsleddale from Ulgraves summit cairnOne of the many stone walls, Potter FellBrunt Knott from a nameless topThe Kentmere fells from Brunt Knott summitNortherly panorama from Brunt Knott's summitWall through a pond as noted by Wainwright, Brunt KnottLooking back towards Brunt KnottGhyll Pool

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