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Post by eileenj on Sept 1, 2009 12:07:30 GMT
More questions, I'm afraid!
I have a nagging doubt about Mungrisdale Common, thought I'd done it with Souther/Bannerdale/Bowscale, but not sure now. Any suggestions for the quickest/easiest up and down ; I've only a dozen left (well, this would make it a baker's dozen) and though I'd love another walk over Blencathra, there are other priorities at the moment - unless that's the quickest option. Many thanks.
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Post by Guest on Sept 1, 2009 13:06:53 GMT
Quickest way would be to park at the Blencathra Centre and take the track up the valley to follow Sinen Gill up.
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Post by eileenj on Sept 1, 2009 13:21:00 GMT
Great, thanks!
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Post by Jenny on Sept 1, 2009 13:30:10 GMT
Alternatively, don't think there's much in it in distance is to take the back lane from Scales, passed White Horse Inn and park where crosses Comb Beck (Souther Fell 4) then go up Glendermackin and across from the col. There is now a cairn on the summit, see my photos: picasaweb.google.com/JennyWhalley/Weekend89August?feat=directlinkso you should know when you get there. Jenny. |
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Post by eileenj on Sept 1, 2009 14:01:54 GMT
I definitely didn't see a cairn, so I WILL have to go back!
PS. Why is Derek banned from Sharp Edge?
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Post by eileenj on Sept 1, 2009 14:04:46 GMT
PPSS.
Please could someone explain the star system/members' labels. What's a "full member"? Is a "superhero" someone who has done all 214, or someone who has posted a lot?
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Post by Guest on Sept 1, 2009 15:35:28 GMT
PPSS. Please could someone explain the star system/members' labels. What's a "full member"? Is a "superhero" someone who has done all 214, or someone who has posted a lot? Nothing to do with the 214 at all, purely dependant on the number of posts. A superhero is someone who as far too much time on their hands  |
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Post by Jenny on Sept 1, 2009 15:59:48 GMT
Eileen have PM'd you.
Jenny.
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Post by eileenj on Sept 12, 2009 17:38:55 GMT
Did it! A slog up by the gill, missed the path (here she goes again), plodging through bracken and bog. And VERY hot. But absolutely no doubt that it was the top, thanks to Jenny's photo.
So now I can say there are really just a dozen to go.
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Post by andybeck on Sept 12, 2009 17:51:54 GMT
Did it! A slog up by the gill, missed the path (here she goes again), plodging through bracken and bog. And VERY hot. But absolutely no doubt that it was the top, thanks to Jenny's photo. So now I can say there are really just a dozen to go. Well done, I assume there was still a bit of a "moat" around the cairn. Only 12 to go..In the words of Dexy's Midnight Runners. ;D |
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Post by Jenny on Sept 12, 2009 19:06:21 GMT
Congratulations on making the top, glad to be of help. Sounds like a hard earned tick  Look forward to reports on your progress to the 214, won't be long now Jenny. |
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Post by frankgordon on Jul 4, 2011 9:50:55 GMT
Coming to this thread a bit late - my wife and I did a nice round from Mungrisedale yesterday (July 3, 2011) of Souther Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Mungrisdale Common and Bowscale Fell. Very enjoyable on a warm, sunny day. Tracks to the cairn on Mungrisedale Common are now becoming clear. My question about Mungrisedale Common is 'Why?'. AW himself says 'Strictly this is not a top that could be accepted by standards of mountaineering as a separate summit . . . ' so why include it? Was he desperate to make up the numbers in the Northern Fells book? It's the least interesting 'top' in the Lakes, surely.
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Post by Frank on Jul 4, 2011 11:25:01 GMT
My question about Mungrisedale Common is 'Why?'. AW himself says 'Strictly this is not a top that could be accepted by standards of mountaineering as a separate summit . . . ' so why include it? Was he desperate to make up the numbers in the Northern Fells book? It's the least interesting 'top' in the Lakes, surely. Frank, This is the Wainwright enigma and every great man (or women) should have one in some part of their work. My humble theory is that AW would have detested the fact that, having done all his tramping about in the Northern Fells and decided on the summits he would include, there would be a big empty space between Blencathra and the Uldale Fells. Therefore for tidiness why not include this one in the list. Not only that for those trecking up Blencathra by one of the various ridge routes it is a nice walk out over Mungrisdale Common, past the Cloven Stone and an exploration of Sinen Gill and the exposures of Skiddaw Granite. Then a pleasant walks around Blease Fell and on to the Horse and Farrier in Threlkeld for refreshments. Then again Frank your theory that AW needed to make up numbers for the Northern Fells may be closer to the reality. Cheers, Another Frank. |
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Post by andybeck on Jul 8, 2011 15:27:38 GMT
Frank, Why indeed include Mungrisedale Common? Cant you see, it's the "Joker in the Pack", the one thats least obvious, its the one that raises questions. And also the one which helps keep the Wainwright name and the 214 list to a nice even figure. Andy |
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Post by frankgordon on Jul 10, 2011 10:18:11 GMT
Andy
Joker in the pack - that's a good, positive way of looking at it (probably in retrospect). We were lucky to have a pleasant day with the ground underfoot pretty dry and excellent visibilty. As it was, finding the 'summit' was, er, challenging; in mist this would be an absolute nightmare. No joke! A crisp winter's day with the ground frozen would probably be ideal.
How much easier it would be to find the often elusive summits on the more obscure Wainwirghts if the great man had given us Grid References - not always available even from the OS map. I can hear people saying, but that would make it too easy . . perhaps . . and anyway, the advent of the satnav makes life much simpler, though we only use it in extremis. Incidentally, has anyone found the trig point on Souther Fell that AW talks about? We couldn't, nor is there one on the OS map. There is an excellent cairn a little way off the summit, though.
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