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flyingfinn
flyingfinn
May 2017
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Not sure if it's a good or bad thing but I can actually remember when beer in Keswick was ten bob a pint!
Gromit
Gromit
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We came down the fence line from the summit of Calva but when we got to the bottom we could see the line up to mungrisdale but to get to it we needed to decide left or right , we chose right then cut across the heather :-( once we were up on the common we could look back and see we should have gone left over the bridge ..... next time , that's what reccies see for eh :-)
stuart little
stuart little
May 2017
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That's not far off gromet - down the fence line, through the gate, follow the trod (watching out for bears) cross the river, then settle in for one of the dullest walks in lakeland to the summit of blencathra
Fenland (Fenners) Runner
Fenland (Fenners) Runner
May 2017
7:29pm, 23 May 2017
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LOL Stuart :)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2017
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It's certainly my least favourite way up Blencathra.
Fenland (Fenners) Runner
Fenland (Fenners) Runner
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Very embarrassed. It's the only way I've summited Blencathra. :(
stuart little
stuart little
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Vrap that's because every other way up has something to commend it ;)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
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That's worth changing, FR :)
Fenland (Fenners) Runner
Fenland (Fenners) Runner
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V'Rap, I can't explain it! Along with St. Sunday Crag it's my least visited 'big' summit.
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
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8:51pm, 23 May 2017
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I did the "direct" line off Great Calva on my first BGR attempt and agree with FF, it's too overgrown and rutted to be of any advantage. My companions on that night were two guys well over six feet tool and one small (but exceptional) female fellrunner. The tall guys were OK, but we both suffered in the deep heather.

I actually like a diagonal line straight off the summit (hop over the fence), joining the fence line and then through the gate before you reach Wiley Gill. There's a nice corner you can cut there through a little crag that brings you out just in front of the sheepfold.

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