Route: Angletarn Pikes
Area: Far Eastern Lake District
Date of walk: 29th March 2016
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 7.0 miles
Ascent: 1,900 feet
Weather: the lot – hail, sleet, snow, mist, high winds and bright sunny spells
As we set off from the pretty and unspolit village of Hartsop, following a path beside Hayeswater Gill, the weather looked to be set fair and we hoped for some good views. That changed rapidly when we reached the hause just above Hayeswater – a storm came in from nowhere, bringing with it gale force winds, a shower of hail and then heavy snow, and at times almost white out conditions. Fortunately we’d packed winter gear and were equipped, though we hadn’t anticipated snow in summer
The conditions made the walk along Satura Crag arduous at times and sadly the views were obscured most of the time
After visiting Angletarn Pikes, for the sole reason that it was there and it would have been disrespectful to pass by without visiting, we walked down to Boredale Hause to start the return leg along Patterdale Valley. This signalled an improvement in the weather, with some lovely sunny intervals and beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and valleys
Despite the improvement in the weather it continued to drizzle much of the time, and keeping the camera dry and the lens clear was a constant challenge throughout the walk, as will be seen from the photos that follow…
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Walking out of Hartsop
We pass by Pasture Bottom
An old barn, which looks as though it’s grown here
Looking back to Hartsop and the eastern fells
Hartsop above How, and St Sunday Crag beyond
One of several smaller gills running into Hayeswater Gill
As we climb above Hayeswater the clouds start to roll in…
Visibility is reduced to a few yards
Onwards and upwards
Weather
A break in the clouds gives us a good view along lonely Bannerdale
Angle Tarn
Angletarn Pikes - we didn’t linger here
We follow the path to Boredale Hause
Brothers Water - I’d like to claim that the soft focus effect is deliberate…
…but it’s due to condensation on the lens after the damp and cold camera had been stored in a drybag
The air was blue when I noticed this a few shots later, but in hindsight I quite like the effect
Patterdale, Glenridding and the head of Ullswater
Deepdale
Condensation noticed and lens duly wiped, this is looking back along Patterdale
Deepdale again
Goldrill Beck below - we take the higher of the two paths leading back to Hartsop
Approaching Hartsop, set at the foot of Hartsop Dodd
Looking across to the eastern fells
Brothers Water and High Hartsop Dodd
We cross the footbridge over Angletarn Beck
Hartsop and its Dodd
Red Screes and High Hartsop Dodd
We follow the track back into Hartsop
Hartsop below
Back to Hartsop, and the end of a memorable walk
