Tag: mountains
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Wasdale Head and the Scafells
At 582m high Middle Fell is an unassuming hill overlooked by mighty neighbours. A craggy knoll just down from the summit offers unobstructed views of Wast Water and to the North East Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England, and Sca Fell separated by the high col of Mickledore. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Wast Water
Wasdale Head, the classic view. We were woken up at 5 o’clock this morning by the hurrying sound of crunching feet on the gravel. It was photographers, racing to get the prime location to capture the sunrise. I wasn’t impressed but avoided muscling my way into the line of tripod set up like crows on…
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The black waters of Doolough
A silence undisturbed by those who perished here, a poignant reminder of times gone by. For beside the black waters of Doolough many met their fate. 1849, the height of An Gorta Mor -the great hunger, the potato has gone leaving famine and dysentery. And beside the inky waters of Doolough many met their fate.…