Today it was time to tick Meldon Hill off. This is an English Nuttall (2000'er), I've been chipping away at these for over 20 years in a desultory fashion! This year should see the end of them, with any luck!
I can only conclude from today's walk that not many people have completed the Nuttalls....paths were non-existent from what I could see once beyond Maize Beck.
If ever anyone says you're going to be "cast out" this is probably where you'll end up! On with the photos.....
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Climbing up the Pennine Way out of Dufton below Peeping Hill, Dufton Pike in the background. |
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Approaching Narrowgate, High Cup starts to be seen at its best. Meldon Hill is in the distant distance! |
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I took the old "flood path" to Maize Beck |
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The footbridge is still here, I wasn't sure it would be with the new bridge further down Maize Beck making it redundant to a large degree. Meldon Hill still looked a long way off, and I knew from here the going would be pathless. |
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Just me and my shadow out today...the terrain hereabouts is best described as "bloody rough", and that's being polite! |
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High Cup looks along way back from here. Normally as you gain height the going gets easier..not here. |
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Eventually of course if you stick at it, you reach the top. This is the view to the Northwest, Great Dun Fell, Little Dun Fell and Cross Fell. |
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The summit? has the remains of a Trig Point, its been demolished. The OS probably didn't ever want to come back here! |
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I pretty much reversed my outward route, stopping to take some photos of High Cup with the afternoon sun on it.A great day, but tough under the conditions. I was reduced to less than 1mph at one point. |
Sounds a tough walk, I will leave that hill for the distant future!
ReplyDeleteWimp! :-)
DeleteI won't be doing it with you neither!!
My advice go from Birkdale Farm nr Cauldron Snout...it can't be any rougher!