BB1436 : More Training For Khiraule

Wednesday 8th October 2014

I think Philip was hoping for something rather more challenging in preparation for the Himalayas but foul weather was expected in the afternoon so a relatively short and nearby expedition was preferred.

The start (and end) point was The Pheasant at Casterton, a fact that had Tony chuckling all morning about naughty tongue twisters.

To reach Barbon Fell we first had to cross the Fellfoot Road. This would be no more than an insignificant bridle path were it not for the Andy Goldsworthy sheepfolds.  

The Pheasant

We didn't go on a search as we saw most if not all on BB1033 A Surplus Of Sheepfolds.  

We did, however, stop to examine one, typically with a large boulder at its centre, located at the junction before pressing on up the hill.

The Andy Goldsworthy Sheepfold

Bullpot Farm

The initial objective was Brownthwaite Pike but once at the cairn we decided to press on across the rough ground to the trig point and once at the trig point we decided to press on across the rough ground down Hoggs Hill to Bullpot Farm.

Across Barbon Fell to Middleton Fell

Bullpot Farm is the home of the Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club.  We had no intention of engaging in such activity but we met a couple, no spring chickens, who were. They showed us the chasm down which they intended to vanish.  

Equipped with subterranean map.....

.... down they go .....

..... into the void

Given the amount of ropes and spiders and clips they were carrying plus the aura of confidence they exuded from their dedicated suits, I am sure that they would safely reappear in due course, after they had descended their 100 metres of ropes.  But would it be raining by the time they emerged?  We didn't intend to find out.

Instead we dropped down to Barbon Beck where we stopped to feed Tony.  There is a footbridge only 100 yards upstream but Mike and James both decided to boldly leap from boulder to boulder to make the crossing.  Although cameras were at the ready for disasters, both succeeded with only minor wetnesses.  The rest of us took the wimps' path.

Comitibus :  by Barbon Beck

Mike braves Barbon Beck

There is little else to report.  The incoming rain held off whilst we returned to the welcoming Pheasant and, somewhat to our surprise, and perhaps frustration, continued to hold off whilst we returned home.


Danny MacAskill

Whether this was sufficiently arduous training for Philip's imminent expedition, he didn't say.

Bryan, who knows a thing or two about these things, is advocating that Philip puts in extra training on a mountain bike.  

He suggests that the Cuilins would be perfect terrain.  

Click on the picture to see the sort of thing he recommends.

Don, Wednesday 8th October 2014

STATISTICS:  

BB1436

Date:  

Wednesday 8th October 2014

Distance in miles

9.5  (Garmin 62s)

Height climbed in feet

1,519 (Memory Map)

Features:

Barbon Fell, Bullpot

Comitibus:

Don, James, John Hn, Mike, Philip, Stan, Tony

 

 

 

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