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| Ravenstone Hotel at the beginning of the walk. The footpath starts from a gate adjacent to the hotel's driveway |
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| The path climbs very steeply through the Rabbit Warren plantation to a gate at its top edge |
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| The gate gives access to the open fellside and a path rising alongside the Dyke Nook plantation |
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| The head of Bassenthwaite Lake above the trees of Dyke Nook |
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| After following the forest fence for a few hundred yards, the path begins to climb more steeply across the slopes of Ling How towards the ridge line |
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| Bassenthwaite Lake and the North Western Fells from the slopes of Ling How |
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| Looking back along the path up Ling How |
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| A paraglider launches himself from Watches |
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| The summit of Ullock Pike comes into view as the path approaches the ridge line |
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| Another look back to Bassenthwaite Lake from near the ridge line |
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| The path gains the ridge line at a shallow depression between Watches and Ling How |
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| Great Cockup on the left across Southerdale |
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| Randel Crag and Skiddaw above Southerdale |
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| Beginning the climb along The Edge to Ullock Pike |
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| Looking back along the ridge from the start of the climb |
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| Midway on The Edge below the steeper upper section |
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| Looking back to Criffel across the Solway Firth |
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| Skiddaw and Carlside col at the head of Southerdale |
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| The path has been worn down to expose the underlying rock in several places, a steep section near the top requires a little care to negotiate safely |
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| Looking back towards Binsey |
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| Looking up to the last steep section, the actual summit lies beyond this false top |
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| The summit of Skiddaw Little Man appears above Carlside col |
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| Looking back along the ridge from the start of the climb to the false top |
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| The summit lies just beyond the false top |
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| Looking back down The Edge from the false top |
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| The summit of Ullock Pike, marked by a loose pile of slate which serves as a cairn |
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| Binsey above the false top with Over Water centre right |
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| Looking north east to Great Cockup over the lower slopes of Broad End |
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| Skiddaw across the head of Southerdale |
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| The connecting ridge to Long Side |
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| Derwent Water |
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| The Newlands Valley with the Scafells on the skyline |
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| The North Western Fells |
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| The head of Bassenthwaite Lake |
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| A look back on the route of ascent |
