Devoke Water to Black Combe (Sun 17 Aug 2008)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Birker Fell road - Devoke Water - Rowantree How - Woodend Height - Yoadcastle - Stainton Pike - Holehouse Tarn - Whitfell - Burn Moor - Buck Barrow - Corney Fell road [SD149896] - Stoneside Hill - Stoupdale Head - Black Combe - Whicham

Distance: 12.25 miles

Ascent: 2,700ft

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Time: 5 hours 45 minutes

With: David Hall

Conditions: Some heavy showers, in cloud on Black Combe, did someone say it was August?

Photos

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The track to Devoke Water from the Birker Fell roadDevoke Water comes into viewThe boathouse, Devoke WaterLooking across Devoke Water to Woodend HeightLooking back down on Rowantree How and Devoke WaterLooking across to Green Crag from Woodend HeightWoodend Height's summit cairnYoadcastle with Whitfell behind and Stainton Pike on the right from Woodend HeightHesk Fell from Yoadcastle's summitStainton Pike with Whitfell in cloud behindHeading for Stainton Pike's summitStainton Pike's summit cairnHolehouse Tarn with Stainton Pike behindHeading for Whitfell and its chucking it downWhitfell's summit and we are in cloudStainton Pike and Yoadcastle from WhitfellThe Esk estuary from WhitfellBuck Barrow from WhitfellLooking back to Whitfell from Burn MoorHeading for Buck Barrow from Burn MoorBurn Moor and Whitfell from Buck BarrowKinmont Buck Barrow from Buck Barrow's summitBlack Combe with Stoneside Hill in front and Stoupdale Head on the left from Buck BarrowKinmont Buck Barrow, Great Paddy Crag and Buck Barrow from the path to the Corney Fell roadStoneside Hill from the Corney Fell road summitSouth, our route, from Stoneside HillCharity ChairLooking back to Stoneside Hill having crossed what Wainwright calls a swampStoneside Hill, Buck Barrow and Whitfell from our ascent of Stoupdale HeadStoupdale Head's summit cairnLooking back to Stoupdale Head as we head up Black Combe and into the cloudBlack Combe's summitDropping down out of the cloud, the view south towards Walney IslandSt Mary's Church, Whicham

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