The Eastern Fells – Day 5
Hartsop above How
Friday 16 October
This is another of the Wainwrights in the area which are no more than undulations in a ridge coming down from higher tops – in this case Hart Crag and Fairfield. The best place to start is Deepdale Bridge, where there is space for a few cars to park at the side of the road. The places were all taken when I arrived, so I parked further on at Cow Bridge and walked back along the road.
I took what turned out to be a little-used permissive path and wasted time trying to find the way through the lower woods and fields to get onto the path shown on the map which leads onto the ridge. Once firmly en route it was a matter of following the path up a series of lumps and bumps separated by marshy hollows. Despite a promising weather forecast I was in mist and intermittent drizzle from about 400m. Checking between map, GPS and altimeter I determined I had reached and passed the ‘summit’; I saw no sign of the cairn on a grassy knoll described by AW, but by crossing every bump above the 580m contour before the path dropped down again I’m satisfied I can claim the tick.
I returned the same way, except for following the clearer path across the pastures to Deepdale Bridge and taking a footpath which parallels the road (not visible from the road itself) back to the car. This is the only picture I took during the walk; the mist higher up hid the views.
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