Lake District Walks

Holme Fell

Date: 24th March 2006
Distance: 1.7 miles
Ascent: 546 feet
Time: 50 minutes
With: On my own
Start Grid Ref: NY315016

Walk Summary:
A short and sodden visit to the top of Holme Fell.

Route Summary: Hodge Close Quarry - Ivy Crag - Holme Fell - Hodge Close Quarry.

Pictures:

1. Wetherlam from the parking area by the quarry

2. Looking into the depths of Parrock Quarry

3. Holme Fell Tarn

4. Looking back down to the tarn (actually a reservoir)

5. Holme Fell from the top of Ivy Crag

6. The summit of Holme Fell

Walk Detail: Earlier in the month I'd enjoyed great weather during a long family weekend in Chapel Stile. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for this particular weekend I spent in Coniston. A short circuit of Holme Fell, one of the lowest Wainwrights, was my first walk and what a wet and miserable affair it was.

The cloud was low and the rain heavy. If that wasn't bad enough the rain turned the snow on the ground into a horrible wet mush meaning that in the short distance it took to reach Ivy Crag, the subsidary top of Holme Fell, my boots were already sodden. I squelched up to Holme Fell but the cloud got even lower obscuring what little there was on view. It was such a depressing experience I decided not to continue my planned route and so made my way back to the car. Definitely one to try and do another time in better weather.

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