Please contact Miles on 07842 783319 by 10pm on Friday 29 August if you are coming on this walk (text or phone, WhatsApp, or message on Facebook (Miles Saunders-Priem)).
Meet time: 9.15am
Start time: 9.30am
Estimated finish time: 2pm to 2.30pm.
Distance: About 8.5 miles (13.68 kilometres).
Ascent: About 1800 feet (549 meters).
Ramblers walk grading: A (Strenuous).
Start point: Bowderdale Farm
Link to Google Maps showing the exact start point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DSuTzxt1BMineSgh7
Postcode: CA17 4NB
Car parking: Free parking in a wide flat grassy area by the road next to Bowderdale Farm.
It is the responsibility of each walker to make sure they understand where to park. If you are not sure where the car parking/meeting point is, you must contact the walk leader at the latest the day before the walk. You should not rely on mobile phones or postcodes. There is often no mobile reception near walk meeting points and postcodes are for the nearest place nearby but should only serve as a guideline. Please allow plenty of time to find a parking space so that walks can start promptly.
Description: We leave the farm and aim for the track which runs along a grassy ridgeline (called a “tongue” in the Howgills) dividing the valleys of Bowderdale and Weasdale. This track becomes a faint path of moderate gradient and it heads straight for the first hill of the walk: Randy Gill Top (620 meters). This offers a great vantage point of the Eden Valley, the higher parts of the Howgills (such as the Calf) and the Lake District.
From Randy Gill Top it is an easy and quick stroll to the next hill of the walk: Green Bell (605 meters). This hill has a trig point and you can see more of the surrounding Pennines. From Green Bell it is a gradual descent to the hamlet of Weasdale and from here more of the Weasdale valley can be seen. Once at the hamlet we head westwards across paths and tracks to return to Bowderdale Farm.
This is a quicker walk with moderate gradients around a more obscure part of the Howgills. There is a good chance we would have these hills to themselves as the Howgills are in general quiet- and these two hills are even quieter!
At the end of the walk for refreshments there is the choice of going somewhere either in Tebay or Ravenstonedale. I am open to suggestions 😊
Please check the weather and bring appropriate clothing (waterproofs and spare warm clothing), footwear and enough food and water. The leader reserves the right to turn away any walker not suitably equipped. The leader may cancel the walk or modify the route dependent on conditions.
Car sharing may be possible – please contact the walk leader to arrange.
New members: please note the walk leader may ask for more information about your walking experience. This is to ensure you have the fitness required to complete the walk that is planned safely.