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MY WALKING WORLD
David Preston
Black Sail Hostel Weekend 2010 |
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Last updated
28/11/2013 |
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Every year the
40sWalkersNorth organises a weekend walk to the Black Sail
Youth Hostel, this year 16 of us were on the walk on the
17/07/10. We started from
Braithwaite near Keswick and followed the Newlands Valley and
then up to Dale Head Tarn, down to Honister Mine and then over
Haystacks and down to Black Sail Hostel. A good evening was
spent at the hostel with great food and a slide show by the
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team. Very interesting. The
following morning we crossed Scarth Gap Pass, through
Buttermere and then followed Sail Beck below Knott Rigg and
Ard Crags and then back to Braithwaite. The weather was very
wet and we wisely chose to keep off the high fells. A great
walk with plenty of water gushing down the hillsides. Its hard
to believe there was a hosepipe ban at the time. |
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| Heading up towards Dale Head
Tarn |
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Lunch break near Dale Head Tarn |
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Heading down towards the Honister Pass |
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Stream
crossing below Haystacks |
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Looking down on Buttermere and Crummock Water |
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Heading down from Dubs Hut towards Haystacks |
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Great
Gable and Green Gable with Windy Gap between |
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The
next morning, looking back on a rain swept Black Sail Hostel |
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40sWalkers on a rainswept Scarth Gap Pass |
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A superb
weekends walk with the 40sWalkers, wet and wild with great company |
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