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| Grainsgill Beck Bridge at the head of the Mosedale Valley |
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| There are a few spaces to park beside the bridge and a rough parking area beyond it on the left amongst the bracken |
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| The Mosedale Valley and the steep slopes of Carrock Fell from Grainsgill Beck |
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| Starting out along the Cumbria Way |
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| This section of the Cumbria Way follows the course of the River Caldew as far as Skiddaw House |
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| Looking back along the Cumbria Way towards Carrock Fell |
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| Mungrisdale Common from the Cumbria Way |
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| Skiddaw Little Man from the Cumbria Way. Skiddaw House can be seen below it on the lower slopes of Sale How |
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| Atkinson Pike on Blencathra appears over the slopes of Mungrisdale Common above Blackhazel Beck |
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| The lower, heather clad, slopes of Great Calva come into view on the right as the path crosses the foot of Snab |
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| Looking back towards Bowscale Fell from the Cumbria Way |
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| Lonscale Fell and Skiddaw Little Man from the Cumbria Way |
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| The east flank of Great Calva as we approach Wiley Gill |
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| Bowscale Fell from the path near Wiley Gill |
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| The circular sheepfold at the foot of Wiley Gill |
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| Great Calva from the footbridge over Wiley Gill |
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| Looking back to Bowscale Fell from the footbridge over Wiley Gill |
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| The gill is only followed for a few hundred yards to fence where a path climbs its steep bank |
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| A thin path through the waist high heather above Wiley Gill leads to a gate in the fence |
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| It's now only a matter of following the fence line all the way to the summit ridge |
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| Looking back from the start of the climb |
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| Looking over to Blease Fell and Lonscale Fell |
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| Blencathra over Mungrisdale Common |
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| Looking back from the mid point on the climb |
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| Approaching the summit ridge |
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| Looking back to Bowscale Fell with Carrock Fell on the left above the Pike ridge |
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| The fence makes an acute turn as it reaches the summit ridge where a hurdle has been provided to enable access to the highest point |
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| Looking south from fence hurdle |
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| Approaching the summit of Great Calva which lies 130 yards to the north of the fence hurdle |
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| Skiddaw from the summit of Great Calva |
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| Bakestall and Little Calva from the summit of Great Calva |
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| The fence continues along the connecting ridge to Little Calva |
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| Knott, the highest of the fells north of Skiddaw |
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| Carrock Fell over the intervening ridges of Pike and Combe Height |
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| Bowscale Fell and Bannerdale Crags across the valley of the River Caldew |
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| Blencathra over Mungrisdale Common |
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| Looking south from the summit of Great Calva |
