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The walk starts from a parking area at Beckside Farm on the A595 road |
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A gate to the left of the farm gives access to a field path which is a Right of Way |
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The path over Cross Bank avoids the danger of walking back along the A595 |
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Looking over towards White Hall Knott and White Combe |
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The path rejoins the A595 at the Fox and Goose Cottages |
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Another ROW footpath starts to the left of the cottages |
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The footpath rises to a gate at the top of the field which gives access to a sunken lane which runs between the hedgerows |
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The sunken lane |
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White Hall Knott comes into view on emerging from the trees |
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A gate gives access to the open fellside below White Hall Knott |
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Above the gate a droveway path begins a rising traverse across the southern slopes of White Hall Knott |
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The upper Whicham Valley from the droveway |
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Hook Knott across the slopes of White Hall Knott |
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Millom Park across the Whicham Valley |
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Midway along the droveway path |
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Looking back along the lower part of the Whicham Valley |
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The Coniston Fells come into view |
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The Duddon Estuary and Millom Park |
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At the end of the long rising traverse the droveway turns slightly to the west before climbing up to a shoulder behind White Hall Knott |
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The Coniston Fells |
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The summit ridge of White Combe comes into view |
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The Duddon Estuary and Walney Island |
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The droveway passes to the east of White Combe's summit. Look for very faint path which turns off it to the left and heads directly towards the summit |
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Black Combe from the climb to White Combe |
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White Hall Knott from the climb to White Combe |
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The Coniston Fells over the summit ridge of Gray Stones |
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The Duddon Estuary from the path to White Combe |
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Approaching the summit of White Combe |
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The Coniston Fells from just below the summit of White Combe |
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The summit cairn on White Combe |
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A few yards to the west of the main cairn is another tiny one |
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The Furness Peninsula across the Duddon Estuary from the summit of White Combe |
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Walney Island from the summit of White Combe |
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Black Combe from the summit of White Combe |
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Stoupdale Head from the summit of White Combe |
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The Coniston Fells from the summit of White Combe |
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We continue on from the summit cairn towards Whitecombe Head |
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Black Combe from the path to Whitecombe Head |
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Looking back to the summit of White Combe |
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Looking over to Stoupdale Crags. The path to Whitecombe Head divides, take the left branch which will intercept a clear path rising out of the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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Joining the Whitecombe Beck valley path |
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The path leading down to the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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Black Combe across the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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The path is another droveway similar to the one used for the ascent |
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Looking back along the upper section of the path |
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After descending for 250 yards the path begins to zig zag down a steeper slope |
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Whitecombe Head from the steep descent |
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Looking across the steep slope towards Walney Island |
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The path turns again and continues down towards the Horse Back ridge to cross a footbridge over Whitecombe Beck |
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Looking back to Whitecombe Head |
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Looking down on the footbridge at the foot of Horse Back ridge |
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Hentoe Hill from the path down to the footbridge |
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The footbridge over Whitecombe Beck |
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Looking down the valley from the footbridge |
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Swine Crag on Whitehall Knott |
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Millom Park from near the the foot of the valley |
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Looking back along the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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The path re-crosses Whitecombe Beck to a gate which marks the limit of the Open Access Land |
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Looking back to White Combe from the Open Access land gate |
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A stile gives access to a farm track above Whicham Mill |
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Passing Whicham Mill |
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The track continues alongside Millhaw Wood past Ralliss Farm to join the A595 road directly opposite the car parking area beside Beckside Farm |