2020

NY6835 : Squelchiness is forever

taken 4 years ago, 5 km ENE of Kirkland, Cumbria, England

Squelchiness is forever
Squelchiness is forever
Many things have changed over the years since I walked the Pennine Way in summer 1974, but my first return to Cross Fell shows that the unique sogginess of the long distance path has remained. The last time I was here, visibility was about ten yards (so I took no photographs), but the junction of paths about 150m behind the photographer was not too hard to spot on our way down to Alston via the bothy, Greg's Hut. Today we can see where we are going, as we approach the final steepening onto the gritstone top of Cross Fell, though the cloud was to roll in about half an hour later for a while on our descent on the far side via a less-defined path.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Pennine Way [15] · Cross Fell [10] · Path [4] · Distance [2] · Soggy [2] Other Photos: · Pennine Way to Crowdundle Head ·
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NY6835, 22 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy Waddington   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 27 November, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 6846 3502 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:42.5519N 2:29.4617W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 6845 3506
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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