Starting point: Patterdale School  (NY 396159)  Distance: 7.38 miles  Ascent: 2238'

An October walk with members of The Wainwright Society on to Place Fell with a return by the lakeshore path to Patterdale.  Wainwright called this path, 'the most beautiful and rewarding walk in Lakeland.'  High praise indeed!

Route: Starting from the Patterdale Hotel car park, walk through the village and cross Goldrill Beck.  Continue past cottages passing through a gate, and take the upper fell side track to Boredale Hause.  A newly- constructed path leads to the summit of Place Fell.  From the trig point head northeast down across the plateau towards an old sheepfold.  Here turn down a path into the valley of Scalehow Beck to join the lakeshore path from Howtown.  Follow this undulating path back to Side farm .  Pass through the farm and walk across fields back to the main road and the starting point.

On the climb up to Boredale Hause, Brotherswater comes into view

Looking back to Glenridding

A sunny patch in Deepdale

Patterdale

Place Fell

Boredale Hause

The trig point is the official summit of Place Fell

Birkhouse Moor

Saint Sunday Crag

Fabulous views from the other cairn on Place Fell

Sheffield Pike

Glenridding close-up

Walkers descending from the summit

The cairn on Place Fell

Descent route to the old sheepfold below

Ullswater comes into view

Scalehow Force

Hallin Fell from the lakeshore path

And views of Ullswater

Looking towards Glenridding

Arnison Crag from the path back to Patterdale

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Photographs taken with a Fuji MX-2900 Zoom or a Canon EOS 20D
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