Rest Dodd - Route One

 

Start - Hartsop NY 409 131 Distance - 3 miles Ascent - 1,825 feet Time - 2 hours : 05 minutes

 

 

Hartsop car park is the starting point for this walk
Gray Crag from the Hayeswater access road
The valley of Pasture Beck from the Hayeswater access road
Beyond a cattle grid the road divides.  The right branch continues on as rough track towards Hayeswater, the left branch leads up to the water treatment building above Hayeswater Gill 
Looking back from the cattle grid towards St. Sunday Crag above the Hartsop-above-How ridge
The route continues on below the southern slopes of Brock Crags towards the water treatment building
Looking across to the Hayeswater access track, the water treatment building can be seen on the middle left above Hayeswater Gill
Approaching the water treatment building
Just before reaching the building make an acute left turn and follow a broad path which rises across the southern slope of Brock Crags.  This is the course of the covered Hayeswater aqueduct
Looking across to the valley of Pasture Beck from the Hayeswater aqueduct path
The summit of Helvellyn appears over the col between St. Sunday Crag and Birks
As the aqueduct path approaches its highest point an old drove path turns acutely right, this starts as a deep groove which rises quite steeply to a gateway in a collapsed wall and continues on to cross the head of Calfgate Gill between Brock Crags and Satura Crag
Looking back to the start of the old drove path
The Knott from the gateway in the collapsed wall
Looking back from the gateway towards St. Sunday Crag, Helvellyn and Birks
Looking over Hayeswater Gill to The Knott, Gray Crag and Thornthwaite Crag
Hartsop Dodd
The upper part of the old drove path as it approaches Calfgate Gill
Hayeswater comes into view
Looking back to Brothers Water
Gray Crag flanked by High Street and Threshthwaite Crag on Caudale Moor
The serrated top of Satura Crag together with Rest Dodd come into view as the path nears Calfgate Gill
Hayeswater backed by High Street.  This small lake has reverted to its normal size since the resevoir dam was removed in 2014 
Looking back towards Caudale Moor and Hartsop Dodd as the path reaches Calfgate Gill and turns to the north
On its approach to the head of Calfgate Gill, the path passes through the remnants of a gate in a redundant fence, slips over a collapsed wall beyond it and rises to a gateway in a semi-ruined wall at the head of the gill.  It then climbs towards the Satura Crag gate posts which can be seen on the skyline between the second and third fence posts
Looking back to Gray Crag from the collapsed wall in Calfgate Gill
Looking back to Hayeswater from the gateway in the semi-ruined wall
From the gateway a path turns left to make the short ascent of Brock Crags
The route to Rest Dodd turns right from the gateway and follows the wall up to the Satura Crag gate posts where it joins the Coast to Coast path
Rest Dodd from the Satura Crag gate posts.  The actual gate has been missing for a few years now
Looking back along the Coast to Coast path.  Blencathra can be seen in the distance above Angletarn Pikes
Little Hart Crag, Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield appear over the summit ridge of Brock Crags
Continuing along the well worn Coast to Coast path over Satura Crag, Rest Dodd is on the left with Rampsgill Head and The Knott on the centre skyline
Bannerdale from the Coast to Coast path over Satura Crag
The Coast to Coast path is only followed for a short distance before a distinct path turns off to the left towards Rest Dodd
Crossing the head of Bannerdale with Satura Crag and Buck Crag on the left
The climb to the summit of Rest Dodd from Satura Crag starts along an eroded path to the top of a grass knoll which proves to be a good viewpoint
Hayeswater from the top of the grass knoll
Rampsgill Head and The Knott across the south-west slopes of Rest Dodd
Dove Crag, Hart Crag and Fairfield over Satura Crag
Looking west, St. Sunday Crag, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, Catstycam, White Side and Raise form the horizon
Buck Crag, Angletarn Pikes, Heck Crag, and Place Fell across Bannerdale
Continuing on, the path turns up a broad grass spur to gain the north-west ridge of Rest Dodd
Higher up, a path turns off to the right and climbs directly to the summit of Rest Dodd.  The main path continues on over the ridge towards the Martindale Deer Reserve 
Looking over to Place Fell above the Bedafell Knott~Beda Head ridge
Thornthwaite Crag flanked by High Street and Gray Crag
A glimpse of Ullswater beyond the summit of The Nab
The final slope leading up to the summit of Rest Dodd
Looking back, part of Angle Tarn comes into view
Gray Crag, Caudale Moor and Red Screes with the Coniston fells in the far distance above the summit of Hartsop Dodd
Looking back to the rocky outcrops of Satura Crag
Bonscale Pike, Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill above the long ridge of The Nab
Approaching the summit of Rest Dodd, the west cairn can be seen on the skyline
The summit cairn on Rest Dodd
High Raise and Rampsgill Head from the summit of Rest Dodd
The Knott backed by High Street with Thornthwaite Crag on the right
Hayeswater can be brought into view by walking a few yards beyond the south cairn
The Coniston fells in the distance flanked by Red Screes and the High Pike~Dove Crag ridge with Caudale Moor and Hartsop Dodd in the foreground
Fairfield, St.Sunday Crag and the Helvellyn range from the south cairn
Angle Tarn from the west cairn
The Northern Fells on the horizon, including Skiddaw (left) Blencathra (centre) and Carrock Fell (right)
Ullswater fron the summit of Rest Dodd

 

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