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

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 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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    Ordnance Survey maps used with permission. OS Explorer map: OL4 English Lakes shop.ordnances... (We're not sponsored by them).
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  • @clairegreenlea7658
    @clairegreenlea7658 2 місяці тому +1

    Terrific!

  • @terrycollins5429
    @terrycollins5429 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @frannypeony2076
    @frannypeony2076 9 місяців тому +1

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

  • @DaveCollierCamping
    @DaveCollierCamping 9 місяців тому +2

    Awesome share

  • @dwaynestewart6095
    @dwaynestewart6095 6 місяців тому +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  6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @hedleythorne
    @hedleythorne 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @stueyre1406
    @stueyre1406 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @observersnt
    @observersnt 4 місяці тому +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  3 місяці тому

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

  • @nicmarlow6388
    @nicmarlow6388 11 місяців тому +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.....

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! I'll keep an eye out for other placks!

  • @davidburgess9058
    @davidburgess9058 10 місяців тому +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  10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Happy_Hiker
    @Happy_Hiker 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @ChrisSmith-di7un
    @ChrisSmith-di7un 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Johnlancaster
    @Johnlancaster 10 місяців тому +1

    Excellent as usual 👍Thanks for making the effort

  • @reeceholmes8546
    @reeceholmes8546 11 місяців тому +1

    thanks for another great walk, great stuff

  • @petescull371
    @petescull371 7 місяців тому +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 UA-cam

    • @LakeDistrictFilms
      @LakeDistrictFilms  6 місяців тому

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

  • @Steve-gb5dl
    @Steve-gb5dl 11 місяців тому +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  10 місяців тому +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

  • @csec99TV
    @csec99TV 11 місяців тому +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  10 місяців тому

      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!

  • @carolfitton2007
    @carolfitton2007 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video 👍

  • @amybowles4078
    @amybowles4078 10 днів тому +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  10 днів тому

      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 8 днів тому +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  8 днів тому +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 8 днів тому

      @@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

  • @email3265
    @email3265 10 місяців тому +1

    Shame about the weather wasn't it.