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Langdale Pikes
The OAC walk to Derwent Reservoir was at first cancelled and then revived as the magical mystery tour to ... Langdale. Unlike last weekend there were no brave rescues of stranded sheep trapped in bogs.

Instead Me, Charles, Yulia and Patti wandered around the Langdale area. There was much photographing of sheep, clouds and the hide-out of a known terrorist suspect. There was execellent but cloudy weather. Only drops of rain, except on the motorway. Parking around the Langdale area is EXPENSIVE. At least the cost of tickets in the National Trust Car parks goes to maintaining the paths and landscape.

We started out at the car park at Rossett (below Stickle Ghyll). We set off along the Cumbria Way below the Langdale Pikes, up Rossett Gill the across to Angle Tarn for dinner. At this point we decided that Scafell Pike was not on today's menu.

We then went back behind Rosset Crag, Black Craggs around Langdale Combe up to the Langdale Pikes then down Loft Crag back to the carpark.

The day was concluded with (another) excellent meal at the Ring o'Bells in Kendal.




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The misty pikes of Langdale Pikes over the Fell. Very atmospheric.
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Rossett Gill
Yulia, Charles and Patti going up Rossett Gill.
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Peaks in the Mist
Bow Fell in the clouds.
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Angle Tarn
It's Angle Tarn (one of at least two named as such) meaning it's dinnner time.
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It's Pike of Stickle hiding in the Mist.
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Various Langdale Pikes
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Express way to valley

"Ladies and Gentlemen, We got him! Almost"

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Hide out
Bush, Blair and Arnie you've been looking in the wrong place. Osama is hiding in this garden shed behind the Langdale Pikes. This is as close as we got before we ran away and drank from a nearby stream. Just don't say the OAC special forces didn't warn you lot.

The rumours are that Osama has been indoctrinating the local sheep for his own dodgy purposes. The Osama-ness of the shed was spotted by Yulia

Tarns and Slugs

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The view down towards Blea Tarn
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The view across Landale towards Blea Tarn.
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Ok Yulia likes black slugs.
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...And so does Charles.
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...But not as much as Yulia. No eating Yulia! No slugs or students were halmed in the taking of these photos. Patti had nothing to do with the slugs.
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Ray of Light in the sky as we head back down in Langdale.

Compendium of Langdale Sheeps

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General Public Sheep

"Nothing to see here. We're just the sheep of Mortcrage Moor eating the grass and minding our own business"
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Hench Sheep
According to other sheep in the Langdale Fell area, this looner-sheep is part of Osama's operating cell. He's always looking a bit shifty and has been eating the wrong grass for a while
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SAS Special forces sheep

. Don't be tricked by his 'Lake District Sheep look' this sheep is trained in the arts of covert baharing, camouflage and walking extreme close to large drops. "We know Osama is operating in the Langdale Pikes area. We are closing in as well. But us covert sheep only have a few bunker busters and hoofs - they aren't effective on his garden shed. We need more resources, but Bush and Blair aren't listening to us. I'd also like to thank Jasmino and Jamie for rescuing my colleague who got trapped in a bog doing surveillance for Charlotte Church in the Berwyn Hills"
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Weatherby's Padawyn-Learner Sheep

"I'm sheepy. I live in the Raven Crag area of the lake district. Weatherby taught me all I know about getting around these lakes and fells. It means I have an execellent sense of direction but unfortunately means I keep bumping into Pylons and jumping streams."
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Spencer

Earth Wind and Fire-type sheep. "I worked in New York in the Seventies as a disco dancer. I've worked with Travolta and Newton-John. But I couldn't stand the pace; so I retired here to the beautiful Langdale area..."
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Spencer

(again). "...but I can still dance just like back in the day...' badda bump... summer loving ... tell me more'. Where's me backing group; eating that bad grass stuff again I guess"
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Spencer

The ray of lighting for Spencer's big come-back. But his backing sheep have deserted him...

:-( Back to the 'I can't believe it's not butter' ads then, for our furry friend
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Police Sheep

"At the moment crime in the fells is going down. But we've had an increase in violent horn related crime. Also there's too much consumption of grass in Black crags area. We are thinking of introducing biometric ID for sheep travelling between fells to stop the problem"
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Police Sheep

"Last week I caught Ms Flossy on the speeding cameras near Langdale Fell. I think she was on the school run"
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Police Sheep

"And I'm keeping an eye on you student types as well."
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Ms Flossy Sheep

The sheep community needs more upstanding parents like this one. Baby floss: "Mummy that's a really bad perm you've had done". Mummy:"I was going for the Tina Turner look, but it all went horridly wrong"

On the way back

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Charles Surveys the sun lit Langdale Valley
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Dungeon Ghyll waterfall.
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It's been done before...
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It's a rainbow.
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The Ring O' Bells Public House in Kendal gets another mention, simply for stupidly good food.

I had a spagetti Carbonara dish which was very good and massive. The chef (and owner I think) then brought us seconds (we I had to eat otherwise it would have been rude).
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Shhhh...Charles finishes Patti's Cumberland sausage. The chef was telling us his adventures in the Lakes, involving camping and canoeing. He also gave us some hints of places to visit. Charles had Scampi for HIS dinner.

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