June 29th Angle Tarn Pikes - Place fell

 

 

Nightmare journey. A1 closed – I didn’t have a sat nav or a road map – what a muppet !!. I called Anne and she rescued me with some directions cross country through Leyburn and Hawes.  Then driving down the shore of Ullswater there was a bike time trial – narrow roads – lot of traffic and cyclists. Eventually arrived at the Patterdale Hotel car park at 9.45 (nearly 5 hour journey).



Way up to Boredale Hause



Place Fell from Boredale Hause

Angle Tarn

Angle Tarn Pike Summit

 

Anyway – the rest of the day was superb. Sunny with some cloud cover and a slight breeze - perfect

 

• Head out of the village (South) and after 100 yards turn left down the minor road to Rooking.
• After a short stroll on the road Boredale Hause is signposted. This is a well defined , averagely steep path which winds its way up the fell to Boredale Hause.
• From Boredale Hause I took the right hand footpath which leads to Angle Tarn.
• There is a fork in the path – I found out later that these paths then both join before Angle Tarn. I took the higher path and eventually Angle Tarn comes into view. This is a beautiful and impressive mountain lake.
• There is a (not very clear) path up a grassy slope up to the pikes. This is steep but short. From the South summit you get fantastic views to Angle Tarn and the High Street Range. I stopped here for a short break and took pleanty of photos.
• I headed down of the summit and a short stretch of walking off the higer path I cut across to the lower path heading back to Boredale Hause.
• The path up to Place Fell is well defined and steep in places. It is quite a slog.

Angle Tarn Pikes from the lower path



Helvellyn and Striding Edge

Place Fell Summit

Sheffield Pike



Ullswater

Looking back up on the way down

 

• Eventually the summit plateau was reached and a few hundred yards later the summit itself. I was surprised what a big expanse the top is. Fantastic views all around , especially the Helvellyn range
•  Rather than take the footpath which would eventually lead to Sandwick, I took a smaller , less distinct path which descended steeply down the West Flank of the Fell before arriving at the Lakeside (well a couple of hundred yards back)  path which took me back to Patterdale.

 

Wainwright’s # 66 and 67.Another, unforgettable walk in this beautiful part of the world.

 

OS OL 5 about 6 Miles