Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side & Dodd

Saturday 24th August 2019

A near perfect day out in the Northern Fells walking one of my favourite routes (The Ullock Pike Ridge). The weather was lovely, although some of the distant fells were a bit 'hazy' due to the warm temperatures.

We parked up on the roadside near the Ravenstone Manor Hotel and headed up Ullock Pike via the Allendale Ramble, and continued along the ridge to reach Long Side & Carl Side. We were tempted to add on a visit to Skiddaw Little Man and Lonsdale Fell and make it a much bigger walk - but we decided to stick to our original plan bearing in mind Paul hadn't done a Lakeland walk for some time and we thought it wise to ease him back in.

We 'descended' down to Dodd and then followed the forestry road/track around Dodd to the Osprey viewing point where the very friendly & knowledgeable RSPB representatives tried to find the Ospreys for us with their very powerful telescopes. No luck, but we did spot other birds and had a nice chat with them all.

After that, it was back to the car via Dodd wood and a lovely cool beer in the Ravenstone Manor Hotel. A great day out.

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Distance: 7.9 miles

Duration: 4:45 hours

Ascent: 2753 ft

Difficulty: Moderate

Accompanied By: Paul

Weather: Hot & Sunny

Wainwrights Visited

Carl Side Dodd Long Side Ullock Pike

3D outline of route

Parking

Roadside parking on the A591 before Bassenthwaite village in sight of the Ravenstone Manor Hotel

Heading up from the roadside - a climb right from the start

Looking back towards Bassenthwaite lake and the Winlatter Fells

A right turn when you arrive at the ridge path

Nearing Ullock Pike

Looking back down the path with Binsey in the distance and the Solway Firth beyond

May be worth 'Fix the Fells' having a look at this bit before too much erosion takes place

From Longside Edge looking towards Derwent Water with Dodd in the foreground

Long Side summit with Skiddaw behind

And again ...

Carl Side summit with the slate path up to Skiddaw behind - One of the worst paths in the lakes in my opinion - very little enjoyment on that one (but that's not for us today).