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Ha, these two always find the best routes based on sniffs 🤣

Thanks for that

Topography & Character: Great Mell Fell is characterized as a "steep and isolated dome" and serves as a prominent landmark when approaching the Lake District from the A66.
Hiking Access: The ascent is often described as a steep, short climb with a well-defined, sometimes boggy, path

formal archaeological excavations are not widely documented, and it remains primarily known as a prominent, steep-sided Wainwright peak.
Key Details Regarding the Summit and Area:
Archaeological Feature: The summit is home to an ancient burial mound, identified as a Bronze Age cumulus/cairn.

Great Mell Fell (537m), an isolated, steep, and, forested hill in the Lake District’s Eastern Fells, is known to feature a Bronze Age burial mound (cairn) at its summit. While often visited by hikers for its panoramic views of Blencathra and Helvellyn

I did know there is a small ca8rn on the top and was the location of a neolithic burial mound. Just a few stones now.

I also found this online below

Two Labradors one cream and one black, descending the path down Great Mell Fell through a copse of Larch, Pine, Hawthorn. Snow lies on the ground as does much ice ! In the far distance the mountains are covered in snow.

Come on slow coach we want our food ! Descending Great Mell Fell in the Lake District, UK

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Afternoon Patrick, having a chilled out day today in front of the log burner. Have a great day 😉

Todays winter wander was up Great Mell Fell, plenty of ice and snow all the way up and a cool start minus 6

Looking from near the top of Great Mell Fell with views towards a developing cloud formation over Clough Head and the Helvellyn range

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No there are some trees and plantations see attached pic from other side. Years of mining(slate, lead, stone) and over grazing with sheep have taken their toll. This land is generally not great for crops as there is lots of boggy land, it's a rural area with a scattering of small hill farms.

PS Appologies I hit post before writing my ALT text.

A view from the top of Great Mell Fell, snow on the tops and mountain ridges with clear deep blue skies. The valley does not have any snow just ice. Two Labradors sit at the top of the hill one black and one cream.

Todays hill wanders were up Great Mell Fell in the Lake District providing us with some spectacular views of a snow covered Blencathra. Willow and Freya the labradors awaiting treats

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Morning apatrick, have a good one, lovely sunny day 😎

Morning Patrick, have a great day and keep warm, chilly here today 😀

Brilliant

I agree Tony I was too distracted by wanting the tree reflections in the first image but once I posted it I wasn’t so keen hence the second image in the comments ☺️

I believe some of the early seasons were filmed in North Wales especially for the coastal scenes and quarries 😉

Thanks Janie

From further back in the cavern

Inside the cave at Rydal, partially flooded with rain water, looking out towards the fells.

todays visit/walk was to Rydal Caves (Man made caverns on Loughrigg Fell in the #LakeDistrict created in the 18th/19th century for slate mining, specifically known as Loughrigg Quarry). This cavern for those interested was featured in Season2 of The Witcher (Netflix)
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You too Mr. No rain today soo off into the hills, have a good one 👍 😀

Experts 😉

What a god idea 😉

Thankyou. Its good to have pictures to look back on 😉

Incomer

Great stuff, i live here but an income 😉

Oh absolutely, living in the moment 🙏

Thankyou 😉

I mostly agree but I have a cream/fox red one too and she's gorgeous but mad as a box of frogs

A black labrador playing catch the ball in the snow ❄️

Ball catching in the Eden Valley, #Cumbria

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