Lake District Walks | Base Brown, Green Gable and Great Gable - A 3 Wainwright walk!

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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2024
  • We're back! On the last August Bank Holiday of 2023, Neil pays a visit to the hidden gem of Seathwaite and, from there, embarks on a circuit, taking in Base Brown, Green Gable and Great Gable - a walk of around 5.8 miles, with 2,940 ft of ascent and descent. The return route is via Sty Head and the famous (and oft-photographed) Stockley Bridge.
    On the way, there are waterfalls, cows, a Hanging Stone, some iffy route-finding and oh-so-much cloud and rain.
    Check out the full route here: explore.osmaps...
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    More films coming soon!
    Ordnance Survey maps used with permission. OS Explorer map: OL4 English Lakes shop.ordnances... (We're not sponsored by them).
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Комментарии • 46

  • @clairegreenlea7658
    @clairegreenlea7658 5 месяцев назад +1

    Terrific!

  • @carolfitton2007
    @carolfitton2007 Год назад +1

    Great video 👍

  • @hedleythorne
    @hedleythorne Год назад +1

    Super video, great music, happy memories of the area. Duly subscribed. 😊

  • @ChrisSmith-di7un
    @ChrisSmith-di7un Год назад +1

    Great video as per your normal excellent quality. It’s great to have you back, you have been missed.

  • @reeceholmes8546
    @reeceholmes8546 Год назад +1

    thanks for another great walk, great stuff

  • @stueyre1406
    @stueyre1406 7 месяцев назад +1

    The Sourmilk Ghyll I always think about is in Easedale, near Grasmere, so there are 3

  • @terrycollins5429
    @terrycollins5429 7 месяцев назад +1

    😂😂zig and zagging!! brilliant video. Thanks Neil.

  • @Johnlancaster
    @Johnlancaster Год назад +1

    Excellent as usual 👍Thanks for making the effort

  • @davidburgess9058
    @davidburgess9058 Год назад +1

    Every credit for braving the elements and giving us this excellent video. I really enjoyed watching. One of my favourite views in the Lakes is the one from the Westmorland Cairn on Great Gable but it would have been pointless on this rainy day with the low cloud. You still got some great scenery from Green Gable and on the way back down to Seathwaite. Really enjoyed it. Thanks very much for posting. PS I'm watching on yet another rainy day Doh!

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  Год назад +1

      Thanks, David. You get what you get with Lakeland weather, don't you?! All the best

  • @dwaynestewart6095
    @dwaynestewart6095 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hello from Florida USA. I've watched 3 of your videos, and I have to say , I absolutely love them. you do a wonderful job and I am happy to say I have subscribed to your channel and I am very excited to come along on more of your walks. I like going for walks here at home but we don't have anything nearly as beautiful as where your at. Have a wonderful day and I will see you on the next walk.
    Dwayne

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  9 месяцев назад +1

      Hi Dwayne. Thank you so much - glad you’re enjoying them! All the best

  • @frannypeony2076
    @frannypeony2076 Год назад +1

    A bit late but still a goodun with amazing views. Thank you.

  • @Happy_Hiker
    @Happy_Hiker Год назад +1

    Another great video.. I am very much a fair-weather hiker but your hikes look interesting, even in the rain! 🙂

  • @nicmarlow6388
    @nicmarlow6388 Год назад +2

    absolutely delighted to have you back!! :) you have been missed! But... now, we've sorted out the "path" or "path" dialect, now we have the "plaque" or "plaque" one to resolve.....

  • @DaveCollierCamping
    @DaveCollierCamping Год назад +2

    Awesome share

  • @observersnt
    @observersnt 7 месяцев назад +1

    You deserved better weather that would have enabled you to capture the outstanding view from Westmorland Cairn.
    The Styhead path was a packhorse route used by Irish Immigrant workers that came to work in the summer, by traders going to the costal towns and by smugglers, who, amongst other “ commodities,” smuggled the very valuable Seathwaite Wad.
    First ascended Great Gable in winter of 1969 from Eskdale Outward Bound School, who I owe my deep love of the lakes to and that I have shared with a son and daughter and grandchild.
    Remembrance Sunday on Gable is weird experience when as many as 300 people of all ages gather to join the Fell & Rock Climbing Club’s “Act of Remembrance,” in honour of their members on the memorial plaque who gave their lives in the world wars.
    Hope you do it again and get the view you deserve
    Thank you

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you! Will definitely be back - previously, I've done it from Wasdale, which is another great approach. Best wishes.

  • @csec99TV
    @csec99TV Год назад +1

    Great video! I was staying in the campsite at Seatoller during that Bank Holiday weekend and was also out that day, but I had elected to drive to Rydal and do the Fairfield horshoe where the cloud base was a little higher. I did Base Brown on the Sunday evening and got a few seconds of the Scafell Massif and Borrowdale before the cloud came in. Thanks for showing the scramble up to Great Gable in the detail you did, I’m going to be doing it from Honister at some point in the near future! Cheers

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  Год назад

      Thank you - the weather that week was pretty wet, wasn't it, but hope you had a good day on the Fairfield Horseshoe, and that the wether is good for when you get to Great Gable. It seems, from circling it quite a bit this year, that Great Gable attracts the cloud, but it is definitely clear sometimes - I've seen it!

  • @petescull371
    @petescull371 10 месяцев назад +1

    already looking forward to my next holidays in the Lakes - so: thank you and sorry for the rather banal comments that hopefully help you with your dealings with RUclips

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the engagement - always good to hear that the films are useful. All the best

  • @Steve-gb5dl
    @Steve-gb5dl Год назад +1

    That was a very pleasant surprise. Your vlogs have been sorely missed. I hope everything with you is OK and we can look forward to more excellent content in the coming weeks.
    I will definitely be giving this route a go. If you are planning on doing Seathwaite Fell, head around to sprinkling tarn and ascend from there, it requires much less effort than picking your way up the side.

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much! The last time I did Seathwaite Fell, I went up over Aaron Crags (on the way to Great End) which makes for quite a spectacular (but certainly not effortless!) day. All the best

  • @amybowles4078
    @amybowles4078 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi been watching lots of your videos they are great do you use the all trials app at all? I’m no good at reading maps as didn’t know if any of these walks are on there?
    Thanks

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  3 месяца назад

      Hello and thank you! No, I don’t use All Trails, but will look into it. I tend to use the Ordnance Survey app (and maps) - a lot of our walks should be on there. If there’s anything you’re particularly interested in, let me know and I’ll check!

    • @amybowles4078
      @amybowles4078 3 месяца назад +1

      @@LakeDistrictFilms thank you I need to get a plan together I want to complete 40 wainwrights before I’m 40 which gives me a year but I live 5 hours away so have to plan some routes that cover a few in one walk

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  3 месяца назад +1

      @@amybowles4078 You're welcome - good luck with the Wainwrights. In case you haven't already seen it, I recommend this book as a good way of optimising your walks: www.wob.com/en-gb/books/stuart-marshall/walking-the-wainwrights/9781850587538?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwt4a2BhD6ARIsALgH7DrwzVageRVIx-nNkAhPNwQAvhuowkmmocEb1sMncNIgWrcXsc8Csu0aAiOhEALw_wcB#GOR002265088
      My feeling is that some of the timings are optimistic (particularly for someone of average fitness), but the longer walks often come with two day alternatives.

    • @amybowles4078
      @amybowles4078 3 месяца назад

      @@LakeDistrictFilms thanks so much just ordered it I have the other wainwrights books I have just started reading, keep up the great work with your videos I’m still making my way through them but they are very good must take you ages, enjoy the rest of your weekend

  • @sorryofficer1
    @sorryofficer1 2 месяца назад +1

    Some of that Base Brown stuff looks a bit sketchy for doddery old buggers like me and the Mrs. Is it as questionable as it looks? I absolutely hate turning back defeated by my faint heartedness.

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  2 месяца назад +1

      The hardest bit about Base Brown is probably route-finding - it's steep, but not terribly scrambly (other than the first little section by the beck) - you just have to pick your way through a few false leads around the Hanging Stone, before you get to the final ascent. Hopefully the film gives a clear idea of how to get round it! Good luck!