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2021.10.18 - FP from SW corner of Patterdale Hotel - ~S then westwards to NY382.155, ~N past barn and skew East on Rd for short distance, then NNW across bridge at NY383.158 over Grisedale Beck, continue NNW to field boundary, then ENE then NNE to well below Lanty Tarn, then turn ~WNW & cross Mires Brook  then Bleacove Beck at NY370.171, continue & cross FB over Glenridding Beck at NY363.173, zig zag on BW (BW & FPs not well defined) up to East of Stang End, continue NNW on BW then take FP ~E then ~N below Glencoyne Head turning ~E below Scot Crag, continue ~E below Brown Hills, path turns ~NNE (leader & some of party continued to Dockray), but after 150m photographer & others turned NE below Spying How across Groove Beck to reach & cross the B5091 Rd at NY397.205, then ~E & S thru Aira Force to the National Trust parking area / toilets & cafe / then bus back to Patterdale- leader Jackie Knight* - Sunday - * party split at various points each group doing their own variations - some branched earlier on up to Sheffield Pike

1 in front of Patterdale Hotel - several walk group set out
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3 a glimpse of Ullswater
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15 Grisedale Beck below
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20 Barn well above Grisedale Beck
21 Bridge over Grisedale Beck
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26 Ullswater - part of Glenridding just visible
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36 old disused mining / quarrying area - some waste tips being grassrd over

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38 some possibly disused flow control works?
39 bridge over Glenridding Beck
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55 mainly Herdwick sheep - the black & grey ones
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57 parting of the ways - some continued to Dokray and beyond - others down toward Aria Force (as shown in following pictures)
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62 white fungi (unusually) growing on a living tree. Moss covering it in part.

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Note - time ran short caught 4pm bus back to Patterdale. If there had been a bus at 5pm we could possibly have wandered around the Airia Force area and seen some of the impressive scenery including waterfalls

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