Walk No.27

Steel Knotts and Hallin Fell

Date:              19th April  2007                    Distance:    6.00 miles                Ascent:    1814 feet                Time:    4h 00m

Weather:         A fine day with the cloud well above the fell tops

Route:            We left the car by the old church in Martindale and took a path from behind the church.

The car near the old church in Martindale

The Old Church in Martindale

Looking up Martindale from the car

From the path to the ridge looking back across Ullswater to Gowbarrow Fell

Looking into Bannerdale with The Nab on the left.

and into Rampsgill with the High Street range to the left

Edith on Steel Knotts also known as Pikeawassa

Dave on Steel Knotts

Looking from Steel Knotts with Hallin Fell in the foreground. On the other side of Ullswater Gowbarrow Fell and the Mell Fells

Gowbarrow Fell from Steel Knotts

Bannerdale. From Steel Knotts we headed S'ly over Brownthwaite Crag to the head of Fusedale which was one of the valleys that I have never walked in. Today that would be rectified as our path lay down the valley heading ultimately for Hallin Fell.

From the Brownthwaite Crags area looking at the top of Fusedale. Our path down the valley can be seen dropping down to the bottom left.

From the head of Fusedale looking down the valley with Steel Knotts to the left

Part way down we came upon this old ruin with a bench outside......"butty stop"

Further down the valley we crossed Fusedale Beck by this footbridge

and again lower down by this delightful bridge. The path we were on now carries on around Steel End to the new Church at Martindale

Obviously a well trodden path but deserted today

The new church at Matindale with Hallin Fell behind

On our way up one of the many paths on Hallin Fell looking back to Arthur's Pike and Bonscale Pike

Edith on Hallin Fell

Dave on Hallin Fell

A rain shower passes over Gowbarrow Fell. From Hallin Fell we made our way down to the new Church before the 1/2 mile walk down the quiet road back to the Old Church

Back down to the new Church

Nearly back!...After changing our footwear we had a look around the church

A church as existed on this site since the early 13th Century with this church being built in the early 1600's.

Th font is thought to be Roman, probably from an original site on the High Street nearby

 

Next Walk:    26th April 2007 -- The Coniston Seven from Coniston

Last Walk:    16th April 2007 -- Beda Fell, Angletarn Pikes and Brock Crags from Cow Bridge

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