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Place Fell  

7th March 2010

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TOTAL DISTANCE 7.7 MILES   TRIP TIME  4 HOURS  36 MINUTES
AVERAGE SPEED  1.67 MPH   TOTAL ASCENT  2165 ft
STARTING CO-ORDINATES 54.534°N, 2.932°W   TOTAL DESCENT  2165 ft

A cold match morning and only 3 hours sleep, due to working till gone 3am. There is still large amounts of snow on the peaks above 2000ft. Place fell stands around 2100ft and yes it was white peaked. The was no parking by the path itself so I parked up at the White Lion pub. I was planning a wee hydration after the walk anyway.

 

The route started by crossing the river and to the hamlet of Rooking. The sun was out in a glorious blue sky, but the sun, it was directly in the eyes as I walked up the path. The path up to Boredale hause was an instant warm up though. A mile and a half of un-relentless steep uphill gradient. It has been awhile since the last walk and with the secondment at work, my behind has been cushioned mostly each day for the last few months. The result of this mean I've soften. Oh well onwards and upwards.

Almost straight away the views were promising to be the usual Lakeland awesomeness. Helvellyn et al, Fairfield et al were all in view, with their snowy peaks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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