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The walk starts from the end of the public road, a third of mile west from the centre of Askam village, where there is a small parking area |
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Beyond the turning area a rough bridleway track continues along Don Bottom |
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The bridleway track begins to rise gently over Haber Hill towards a hipped roof barn |
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Passing the hipped roof barn |
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Beyond the barn a broad green path leads up to a gate in the field wall beside Coachclose Plantation which gives access to the open fellside |
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Looking back from the field gate |
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Continue along the green path which climbs towards the edge of Winder Plantation and Heughscar Hill |
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Looking over to Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike |
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Ignore the path which forks left towards a signpost and continue straight ahead towards Winder Plantation |
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Looking back to Coachclose Plantation |
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The green path climbs towards the edge of the plantation |
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Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike from the path to Winder Plantation |
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Approaching the edge of Winder Plantation |
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Looking back from the edge of Winder Plantation |
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The path continues alongside the wall on the southern edge of the plantation |
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Ullswater comes into view |
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Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike across Moor Divock |
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As the plantation wall turns to the north continue straight ahead on a clear path, ignore the left branch when the the path forks |
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Passing the path which rises from Moor Divock |
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Keep left when the path forks again, the right branch heads towards an Early Bronze Age Round Cairn |
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Looking over towards Blencathra on the horizon |
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The summit cairn comes into view |
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The summit cairn on Heughscar Hill |
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Selside Pike and Branstree from the summit of Heughscar Hill |
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High Raise, Loadpot Hill and Arthur's Pike from the summit of Heughscar Hill |
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Ullswater from the summit of Heughscar Hill |
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Clough Head and Blencathra on the horizon with Little Mell Fell and Great Mell Fell in the middle distance |
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Looking north from the summit of Heughscar Hill |
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Penrith from the summit of Heughscar Hill |