Garry Peasland - 333504

Angletarn Pikes to the Knott

So I parked up at Hartsop car park at the end of the road and left some money in the loyalty box and began my hike.
I realised very quickly that I had missed a turn just outside of the car-park which should of been by the cottages.
Anyway I proceeded through Hartsop and took a small country road leading me back to the original pathway, past some new build holiday cottages.

At Dubhow Gill I proceeded up the very steep ground. This was a hard effort and allowed me to practice steep ground techniques with edging and traversing. There were plenty of flowers on this route that I need to look at the photos and find out about.

I eventually reached some flat ground at the top of the Dubhow Gill and took a 15 minute break to review my map and look out at the stunning views of the surrounding area of Patterdale. Ascending the Gill was amazing to see the flowers and small water falls, topping out with a fantastic old tree where I stopped to take the view and a few photos.

From here I summited both peaks of Angle Tarn Pikes at GR 415 146 I decided that I would base myself for the evening. Arriving at approx 7pm. What a stunning view from Angletarn Pikes.

My evening was very pleasant and I woke at around 7 am to have my breakfast and use my new JetBoil for tea and a boil-in-the-bag meal - which was surprisingly really good.

I was soon packed and ready to go. After reviewing my map details, I began my next leg of my route., to Cat Crag and Brock Crags. Between Brock Crags to Rest Dodd and Rest Dodd to The Knott I used the time I had worked out on my route card and timed both legs, with both legs I found I was within 10 percent of the time which I was very happy with. Throughout this journey I travelled over the Peat Hogs and observed the Skylarks which were amazing. I tried take some photos of the skylarks on my mobile, however this did not work out very well. I was really taken by the skylarks and will look into these beautiful birds as my topic of conversation for my QMD presentation.

From The Knott I was to descend to Sulphury Gill - Sulphury Gill was awesome - the water was flowing far more than Dubhow Gill. The Gill cascaded over a number of waterfalls where I took a number of photos. I continued down this route which was off path - again I loved this route, it was quite and felt like untrodden ground..! At Hayeswater Gill a faster running gill with far more water cascading. A short walk along a handrail - wall and gill.. took me to a stepped wall giving me access to a foot bridge.

Once I had ascended the steep ground over the bridge it was a steady descent down the mining road to the car park at Hartsop.

On arriving at the car park and seeing how full it was, I decided not to go to my car and move it to Patterdale, but begin the next leg of my route. Paterdale to Fairfield...

This route I absolutely loved - it had everything I love about the mountains, views, tranquility, wild life, off the beat and track - a must do for the future.