Walk Description

I was supposed to meet up with Steve and James at the Kirkstone Inn car park and climb up to Caudale Moor.  However as I drove up from Troutbeck the weather deteriorated and by the time I reached the car park, it was thick mist and rain.  We decided that instead of our planned walk we would drive down the Kirkstone Pass, park near Brothers Water and walk up to Angletarn Pikes.

There was just enough room for our 2 cars in the Brothers Water car park and once we had sorted out our gear we set off along the bridleway from Hartsop to Boredale Hause.  I had been told that this followed a gentle incline up to the Hause and would be fairly easy walking.  However althought the path looked to have a gentle incline from our view point in the car park, when we were on the path it actually seemed quite steep at times and we were soon high above the valley floor.  As we looked back along out path we could see that all the high fells were shrouded with cloud, having said that we managed to get the odd glimpse of Hellvellyn poking out through the cloud.  Stve and James seemed to find the ascent fairly easy but I needed Steve's help to pull me up the steepest parts.  When we reached Boredale Hause, I had to sit down for a few minutes to get my breath back.

We then turned southwards and took the path towards Angle Tarn.  Although we had seen a few people on the path from Patterdale to Boredale Hause we managed to spend most of out time on our own, so either they weren't going to Angle Tarn or they were well in front of us.  When we reached Stony Rigg we got a good view down Dubhow Beck towards Brothers Water.  This view confirmed that we had made the correct decision as the tops were still covered with cloud.  Whilst we were looking across Dubhow Crag, Steve's keen eyes spotted a small group of deer on the crag.  Once we had taken the obligatory photos of the deer we continued on our way. 

Steve and James decided that they would climb both the Pikes, whilst I decided to head straight for the south top and its view over Angle Tarn.  This is one of my favourite views and I had enough time to soak up the on my own before Steve and James arrived.  We stopped here for a short while whilst we had lunch and then made our way down to the the tarn.  I have been to Angle Tarn a few times but previously had not had the time to visit Brock Crags, today was the day to put that right.  We followed the path around the east side of the tarn and up towards Satura Crag.   Just before the Crag we took the faint path over to Brock Crags.  Whilst we were walking across to there, the sun came out and cast its light over Angletarn Pikes.  Although the ground was a little boggy in places we had no trouble reaching the top of Brock Crags.

After a good look round, we walked back to the main path and followed it towards The Knott.  Just after Suphury Gill we saw a gap in the wall and decided to cut the corner and make our own way down to Hayswater Reservoir.  Although the fellside was fairly steep we had no problems getting down to the reservoir, where we stopped for another bite to eat and a drink.  It was now time to head back to Hartsop on the old reservoir road.  As we walked along we could see the cascades far below us in Hayeswater Gill.  At one point both Steve and James went down to the gill to have a closer look at the cascades.  I stayed on the old road and continued walking slowly. 

I was glad when I finally reached the car park at Hartsop because I knew that the car wasn't too far away.  I was pleased that my knee had been ok and I had managed a respectable fell walk without too bother.  Thanks to both Steve and James for their company.   
 

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