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A love of the Lakes

One family's Lakeland Fell Walking blog
by Rob Marsh


"Many are those who have fallen under the spell of Lakeland, and many are they who have been moved to tell of their affection in story, verse and picture"

... A. Wainwright

Place Fell

Walk          : Place Fell (2,154ft) from Bridgend

Date          : 5th May 2014

Weather    : Overcast, poor visibility @ 17 degrees

Distance    : 3.5 miles round trip

Difficulty     : 1
(1=easy 5 = hard) 
Terrain Overview

Terrain image

Walk Overview

A fine walk along good paths throughout

Looking at Place Fell


Looking at Place Fell from the road side (A591)

Crossing Goldrill Beck


The path from the main road leads across a foot bridge that crosses Goldrill Beck

Sue and Ste head on to Rooking


Sue and Ste head on to Rooking

Looking towards Patterdale


Looking towards Patterdale and a distant Sheffield Pike

Leaving the path on the right


At the end of the path a sign post directs you off to the right through a wooden gate

The path leads on to the open fellside


The path leads on to the open fellside

The start of the climb


The start of the track that leads up to Boredale Hause

Sue admiring the views


The views open up as height is gained

The steepening path


At Boredale Hause the path turns back on itself and steepens
as it leads towards the summit

Approaching Round How


Approaching Round How which can be either scrambled or take the path
to the left around it

Looking towards Helvellyn


Looking through the haze to a snow capped Helvellyn

Looking towards Angletarn Pikes


Looking over Angletarn Pikes towards Brothers Water
The summit of Place Fell


Having negotiated Round How, the summit cairn comes in to view

Approaching the summit of Place Fell


Approaching the summit of Place Fell

The summit Trig Point


The summit Trig Point on Place Fell

Sue and I on the summit


Sue and I on the summit

Patterdale Village


Looking down through the haze over Patterdale