Thursday 2 June 2011

The 1931 Grand Tour Challenge Walk

On 14th May I went up to the Lake District to take part in the Wainwright Society's annual challenge. This year it was to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of "The Grand Tour" that Alfred Wainwright undertook with 3 friends from the Borough Treasurer's office at Blackburn Town Hall in 1931.


I had chosen to visit two locations on the tour, the Straits of Riggindale and the summit of Angletarn Pikes, both in the Far Eastern Fells area of the Lake District. Below are pictures from the day.



The Ill Bell Ridge from Troutbeck


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Troutbeck Tongue and the Ill Bell Ridge



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Brothers Water from Kirkstone Pass


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The track leading out of Hartsop


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Sign pointing to Hayeswater, the first objective on the walk



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View back up to Kirkstone Pass with Caudale Moor on the left and Red Screes on the right


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Hayewswater Gill


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View down the valley and across to the Eastern Fells


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The filter house


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Hayeswater


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The bridge at Hayeswater


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View over to the Helvellyn Rnage


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The Knott


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The High Street Ridge


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Above the Straits of Riggindale



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As I was so close, I continued on to the summit of High Street (2718 feet) and the highest fell in the Far Eastern Group



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The Ill Bell Ridge and Windermere


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The Long Stile ridge up to High Street from Mardale


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Blea Water


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Haweswater


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The Long Stile Ridge and Haweswater


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The cairn at the end of the ridge


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Riggindale and Haweswater


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The Roman road on High Street


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Kidsty Pike


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Nearing the summit of Rampsgill Head


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Rampsgill Head Summit


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Summit of The Knott


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Rest Dodd and The Nab


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Hayeswater from Satura Crag


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Angle Tarn


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The summit of Angletarn Pikes


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Angle Tarn from the summit


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Helvellyn and Catsycam from the summit


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Brothers Water from Fall Crag


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Angletarn Beck


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The lower reaches of the beck


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The Patterdale Valley


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Low Hartsop village and Hartsop Dodd


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Rhodedendrum bushes on the approach to the village



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