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Route: Mirehouse, Dodd Wood, Long Doors, Dodd, Long Doors, Mirehouse
Date: 13/06/2015
From: Mirehouse
Parking: Layby at roadside
Start Point: Dodd Wood
Region: Northern Fells
Route length: 3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Time taken: 01:22
Average speed: 2.6 mph
Ascent: 427m
Descent: 427m
Wainwrights on this walk:
Dodd (491m)
Other Summits: None
Other points of interest: None
In a repeat of a hike I did a couple of winters ago, I spent a morning climbing the small fells of Dodd and Binsey. Last time the weather was somewhat challenging but was much improved this time around, despite being very hazy. Both routes follow a simple out and back and take around an hour. First up, in a reversal of order from last time, here's Dodd.
A simple walk straight to the summit of Dodd and back follows a wide Forestry Commission track much of the way until it reaches a large lorry turning area. Here, a much narrower but still signposted path winds up to the summit of the fell. Out return was by the same route in reverse. Here are some photos from a hazy morning.
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| The track through the woods |
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| The track continues.... |
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| Emerging from the woods |
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| Dodd's summit pokes through the trees |
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| The slopes rising to Long Side |
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| Follow the signs to the summit |
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| The Vale of Keswick |
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| Hazy North Western Fells |
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| Approaching the summit |
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| The summit bears a slate memorial |
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| Longside from Dodd |
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| Summit memorial |
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| The proud slate memorial |
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| Bassenthwaite |
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| The fells of Coledale |
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| Barf |
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| Dodd's western ridge |
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| Whinlatter and Barf |
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| The slopes of Carl Side |
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| A fine place for a perch |
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| Careful to pick the correct track back to the car |
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| A walk in the woods |
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