@@gm4wha yea av learned the outlying Fells shud be done of frosty days.. sadly I think I might have them all finished by the time winter arrives Haha.. cheers 🙂
Followed your way up Newton fell North yesterday. What a total bloody nightmare! I think I found a few places where you had beaten down the bracken but generally it was like thrashing through the Amazon jungle without a machete. The worst walk I have ever done and something I hope never to repeat. There was no way I was going to stumble down through all that bracken so I headed on south and found a clear, easy path down to a wall, turned left and picked up a gravel track by the reservoir This led to a road with a lovely big parking space 100 yards further on. None of this is on Wainwright’s map but doing it this way you’ be on the top in 15 minutes with only an occasional tickle of bracken on your knees instead of your head. Probably too late now as I doubt you’ll be going up there again. I certainly won’t.
haha, im glad to know someone has also suffered here.. cannot be walked very often im sure.. i did consider going down via the reservoir but i wasn't 100% sure if it would get me where i needed.. ive yet to read Wainwrights book on them as i didnt want to be influenced in how i feel about each fell but i will have a look once complete.. might be a nice walk in winter and whitestones is worth a larl visit.. cheers lad, tek care :)
74 miles to get there, it's on your doorstep lol but I am with you on those narrow roads in the Lakes, my fingers are always crossed I never meet a tractor coming the other way. I know you said the views from these were not the best but the view at Humphrey head over the sea was sensational. It is nice to see it is not only me who gets trapped in head high ferns lol! Yes, not easy, not easy at all and I also saw the Fatboys doing this walk as well. Not the best Fells for views (Humphrey head apart ) but at least you kept dry on this one, cheers Alan
@@AlanMETALMAN the places I'm being dragged to to complete these outlying Fells are a different world to what I'm used to.. I spend half the walks cursing wainwright but what he must have done for the tourist board of Lakeland is immeasurable.. cheers as always lad, tek care 🙂
Class dave loving your kings seat there and that bloody bracken is the worst like mishette 😂😂 mountain man slayer loving that compass fell pointer there if it wasn't for that train passing when it did that place would have been a ghost town at the start of hike brilliant mate nightmare walk 2 but you are blasting around them 😂 punched a mountain man hole thru the bracken 😂😂😂😂class
@@Butchyboysadventures aye I think a camp on Humphrey head would be a good shout for ya.. not far to carry ya chip pan up there Haha.. the bracken kinda makes ya feel like rambo so I like that about it, but nowt else, pack a machete is the best advice for it 🤣
Morning Marra. Bloody hell mate, what an adventure that was, some cracking views though. Looks like they are fells to be kept for the winter or early spring when the bracken is not there! Haha All the best Marra
@@DAoutdoors aye if I wasnt a mad man winter would definitly be best.. probably for most of the outlying Fells really when the ground would be frosty.. cheers lad 🙂
Other than Humphrey Head more fells that are unfamiliar to me. Think it was Heysham nuclear power station you were pointing out. Pleasant countryside down there round Grange though perhaps not the bracken infested slopes round Newton Fell North. Interesting device for spotting distant fells on Hampsfell - haven't seen anything quite like that.
yea not a set of fells with the best of views to be fair but interesting things to see up them.. newton fell might be fine in the winter on a frosty morning when the bracken is dead but i like that wainwright took time to visit these areas that give different context to the higher fells.. yea ive been told its heysham power plant by some others, stands out very prominent.. thanks for watchin, tek care :)
Wonderful vid Dave the pub nr Humphrey head was the pheasant not the Swan Swan is nr newby bridge Humphrey head is said to be the place where the last wolf was killed
@@ianchick297 oh aye.. I was deciding wether to do the newby bridge Fells or these the night before.. Its an interesting little peninsula, would never have heard of it if I wasnt doing these outlying Fells.. thanks for watching, tek care 🙂
Great video with lots of great views. Bracken is horrible stuff to wade through especially when its wet!
@@gm4wha yea av learned the outlying Fells shud be done of frosty days.. sadly I think I might have them all finished by the time winter arrives Haha.. cheers 🙂
Followed your way up Newton fell North yesterday. What a total bloody nightmare! I think I found a few places where you had beaten down the bracken but generally it was like thrashing through the Amazon jungle without a machete. The worst walk I have ever done and something I hope never to repeat. There was no way I was going to stumble down through all that bracken so I headed on south and found a clear, easy path down to a wall, turned left and picked up a gravel track by the reservoir This led to a road with a lovely big parking space 100 yards further on. None of this is on Wainwright’s map but doing it this way you’ be on the top in 15 minutes with only an occasional tickle of bracken on your knees instead of your head. Probably too late now as I doubt you’ll be going up there again. I certainly won’t.
haha, im glad to know someone has also suffered here.. cannot be walked very often im sure.. i did consider going down via the reservoir but i wasn't 100% sure if it would get me where i needed.. ive yet to read Wainwrights book on them as i didnt want to be influenced in how i feel about each fell but i will have a look once complete.. might be a nice walk in winter and whitestones is worth a larl visit.. cheers lad, tek care :)
Nice video Dave. Great hike. Take care 😊
@@NorwayHikesTrails cheers as always lad, dya get much bracken on trails in norway?
Smashing vid dave there quite extraordinary on the summits will most definitely put in the bucket list...
@@marksalmon6773 newton fells are probably beat done in winter.. it would be a comfortable walk if bracken didnt exist Haha.. cheers lad 🙂
@@daveostlemountainman Sounds like Bracken Wacken challenge lol
74 miles to get there, it's on your doorstep lol but I am with you on those narrow roads in the Lakes, my fingers are always crossed I never meet a tractor coming the other way. I know you said the views from these were not the best but the view at Humphrey head over the sea was sensational. It is nice to see it is not only me who gets trapped in head high ferns lol! Yes, not easy, not easy at all and I also saw the Fatboys doing this walk as well. Not the best Fells for views (Humphrey head apart ) but at least you kept dry on this one, cheers Alan
@@AlanMETALMAN the places I'm being dragged to to complete these outlying Fells are a different world to what I'm used to.. I spend half the walks cursing wainwright but what he must have done for the tourist board of Lakeland is immeasurable.. cheers as always lad, tek care 🙂
Class dave loving your kings seat there and that bloody bracken is the worst like mishette 😂😂 mountain man slayer loving that compass fell pointer there if it wasn't for that train passing when it did that place would have been a ghost town at the start of hike brilliant mate nightmare walk 2 but you are blasting around them 😂 punched a mountain man hole thru the bracken 😂😂😂😂class
@@Butchyboysadventures aye I think a camp on Humphrey head would be a good shout for ya.. not far to carry ya chip pan up there Haha.. the bracken kinda makes ya feel like rambo so I like that about it, but nowt else, pack a machete is the best advice for it 🤣
Morning Marra. Bloody hell mate, what an adventure that was, some cracking views though. Looks like they are fells to be kept for the winter or early spring when the bracken is not there! Haha
All the best Marra
@@DAoutdoors aye if I wasnt a mad man winter would definitly be best.. probably for most of the outlying Fells really when the ground would be frosty.. cheers lad 🙂
Other than Humphrey Head more fells that are unfamiliar to me. Think it was Heysham nuclear power station you were pointing out.
Pleasant countryside down there round Grange though perhaps not the bracken infested slopes round Newton Fell North. Interesting device for spotting distant fells on Hampsfell - haven't seen anything quite like that.
yea not a set of fells with the best of views to be fair but interesting things to see up them.. newton fell might be fine in the winter on a frosty morning when the bracken is dead but i like that wainwright took time to visit these areas that give different context to the higher fells.. yea ive been told its heysham power plant by some others, stands out very prominent.. thanks for watchin, tek care :)
Wonderful vid Dave the pub nr Humphrey head was the pheasant not the Swan
Swan is nr newby bridge
Humphrey head is said to be the place where the last wolf was killed
@@ianchick297 oh aye.. I was deciding wether to do the newby bridge Fells or these the night before.. Its an interesting little peninsula, would never have heard of it if I wasnt doing these outlying Fells.. thanks for watching, tek care 🙂
@@daveostlemountainman keep on being epic love the videos