| A short, rather wet walk to High Tove and Armboth Fell. | |||
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Date: | 12th November 2009 | |
| Start Location: | Armboth | ||
| Time Started: | 10:05 | ||
| Duration: | 2 Hours 30 Minutes | ||
| Distance: | 6.55km - 4.07 Miles | ||
| Ascent (m/ft): | 551m (1807ft) | ||
| Highest Point: | High Tove (515m/1689ft) | ||
| Parking: | Armboth Car Park | ||
| Weather: | Cloudy - Base around 500m | ||
| Difficulty: | Moderate | ||
| Armboth Car Park - High Tove (92) (515m/1689ft) - Armboth Fell (93) (479m/1571ft) - Fisher Crag (421m/1381ft) - Armboth Car Park | |||
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| Great How and Clough Head from the start of the climb. | |||
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| Following the edge of the forest. | |||
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| Cockrigg Crags. | |||
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| Mist and rain creeping in. | |||
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| From here on the cloud decended as we walked to the summit. | |||
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| Summit cairn now in view, not far now. | |||
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| The cloud lifted as soon at we reached the cairn so we had a little bit of a view. | |||
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| The view west. | |||
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| And south towards Eagle Crag. | |||
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| Armboth Fell summit. What you cant see here is the amount of water under the grass. Lets just say wet feet all round! | |||
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| High Seat. | |||
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| Sitting on the summit of Armboth Fell with a view back to High Tove. | |||
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| Raven Crag. | |||
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| Onlt a couple of stone marking the top of Armboth Fell. | |||
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| Fisher Crag. | |||
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| Fisher Crag summit cairn. | |||
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| We had to sit on Fisher Crag for around 20 minutes just to get this photo, but the view is fantastic. Another angle can be seen from Raven Crag nearby. | |||
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| A photo just to show how high Thirlmere was today, the trees to the left are usually by the shore... So about 5ft higher... Maybe more... | |||