It must have been twentry years since I was last on Holme Fell when I was helping a friend do the Wainwrights. I've been to Hodge Close a fair few times but have always walked down into Little Lnagdale and not up Holme Fell.
I really have missed so much. It must be one of the most beautiful fells in The Lakes; not very high but a pure joy to walk upon. There has been a lot of quarrying in the past so there are a few disused dams scattered about and the remnants of many disused quarries but these just add to the beauty of the place. Nature has done a superb job and created beauty which ever direction you look.
The views from up high are first class as well; to the west you can see some of the Coniston Fells and to the north west are The Langdale Fells. Eastwards Windermere can be seen and on a clear day, you can see right across to The Yorkshire Dales.
I didn't quite make it to the top but I'm presuming that from the summit, you can see Coniston Water and right down to Morecambe Bay.
Due to my health issues, I knew when I had reached my limit, so I just found a large boulder to plonk my behind on, sat for a while and picked another of the many paths scattering the fell to walk back down to Hodge Close and my car.
Without doubt I will be returning, as my walk on Holme Fell was one of the most enjoyable I have done for many a year.
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| Hodge Close Quarry |
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| Quarry Path, Hodge Close |
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| Quarry Path, Hodge Close |
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| Quarry Path, Hodge Close |
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| Quarry Path, Hodge Close |
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| Disused Dam, Holme Fell |
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| Disused Dam, Holme Fell |
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| Disused Dam, Holme Fell |
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| Disused Dam, Holme Fell |
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| Looking towards Wetherlam |
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| Disused Dam, Holme Fell |
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| Holme Fell |
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| Holme Fell |
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| Langdale Pikes |
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| Holme Fell |
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| Holme Fell |
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| Holme Fell |
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| Disused Dam, Holme Fell |
