BB1405 : Holme (Not Holm) Sweet Home

Wednesday 29th January 2014

It's a bit much when the Ordnance Survey can't agree with itself about the name of a place.  Take today's objective for example.  The 1:50k map calls it Holm Fell whereas the 1:25k adds an "e" on the end.  Harvey's Map says Holme.

Authors can't agree either.  Alan Dawson in his book "The Relative Hills of Britain" calls it Holm whereas Alfred Wainwright contends that Holme is correct.  Who are we to argue with the great AW?  Particularly when he was the reason for us going there today.  

Holme it is.

Incidentally, Dawson's book is about the Marilyns of Britain, i.e. hills that are relatively high with regard to the surrounding land, having a drop of 150m or more on all sides.

So, compared with last week's record turnout ( BB1404 ), a rather smaller group of BOOTboys (i.e. Martin C, John Hn and me) set off to conquer a Marilyn Wainwright. Don't think old Waney would have liked that name!

Windermere was remarkably calm as we crossed over.  You could hardly tell the ferry was moving.

Looking north from the ferry

From the National Trust car park at Glen Mary Bridge we passed Yew Tree Farm (of the Beatrix Potter film fame) and were soon climbing steeply past the Melting Mowbray cows and through Harry Guards Wood.

Langdales come into view at Uskdale Gap

After Uskdale Gap we struck up left for the summit. Holme Fell now ticked off on the chart!

Objective number one achieved, we dropped down a bit, watched by more Melting Mowbrays, then headed north to pass between the two small disused reservoirs.

Reservoir No. 2

Soon we arrived at the Hodge Close Quarry.  This is an impressive place as readers of BB0925 might recall.  The sides are fearsomely steep and the bottom is full of deep water.

Hodge Close Quarry

Next we headed north to Stang End where we had a good view of Lingmoor Fell, possibly John's next W.  

Lingmoor Fell

This was our turning point, heading back south via Moss Rigg Wood, arriving eventually at High Tilberthwaite, John having befriended a fine looking sheep en-route.

Here we had a decision to make.  We had been late setting off so time was shorter than planned and the light seemed to be dimming early.  

Did we have time to explore Tewdale Beck and Tilberthwaite Gill?

No.  We didn't. So we crossed over to Low Tilberthwaite and down the valley back to Glen Mary Bridge and the car.

Another Wainwright achieved for John: Holme Fell.  With an E.

Then back Home, Sweet Home.  With an E and just like Christmas.  No L.

Don, Wednesday 29th January 2014

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BOOTboys routes are put online in gpx format which should work with most mapping software. You can follow our route in detail by downloading bb1405 .

To discover which Wainwright top was visited on which BB outing - although it may not be that up to date - see: Which Wainwright When?

For the latest totals of the mileages and heights (ditto) see: BB Log.

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