High Tilberthwaite (Coniston)
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Pikey
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This grid ref is useless without the 2 letter grid square. i:e XX 300 032
Pikey
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The whole country is devided into 100km squares each square has a 2 digit Alpha code in your case it would ne NY. So NY 300 032 would have been correct. Without the NY the grid ref can repeat it self on other grid squares.
I assume you are referring to this route here. X Marks The Spot
I assume you are referring to this route here. X Marks The Spot
Well my first mistake was attempting the route in the wrong direction. I'd been hillwalking on the Langdale pikes. I always like a lane to round off a good day and didn't realise it had a one way order on it until I got home. So I attempted it the wrong way. Got as far as the fork heading down to Low Hall Garth and there was a sign up saying no 4x4s that way bikes only. So I carried on the other way (right hand fork) as intended. It got steeper and rockier and I did an almost irreversible manouvre heading up to a gate. Took me an hour to turn round having failed a reverse retreat. Needless to say the wife got upset, I was sa close to stuck as I'd ever like to be and clonked the rear diff quite hard - not a proud moment.
Things I learned:
1.UCRs are not neccessarily easier than BOATs. I had assumed they would be from previous experience..
2.Always walk a new route first, especially if you are on your own (I note other comments on other thread about solo driving - that's a personal choice thing). I used to do this but suppose I'd got a little sloppy.
I offered a few little prayers of thanks on the drive home.
Things I learned:
1.UCRs are not neccessarily easier than BOATs. I had assumed they would be from previous experience..
2.Always walk a new route first, especially if you are on your own (I note other comments on other thread about solo driving - that's a personal choice thing). I used to do this but suppose I'd got a little sloppy.
I offered a few little prayers of thanks on the drive home.
Pikey
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HAhahaha Oh well alls well that ends well I suppose..
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nuggets
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a dont think a found the route you took went down to grisedale and took the track through the forest from the visitor centre (one way only )and headed up to the 593and took the road off at high yewdale up to holme ground , past hodge close ,then the track to the ford and foot bridge followed the road till it came to a track with high stone walls either side , walked that bit with me arms out stretched and could nearly touch both walls turned around and walked over the bridge to find the exit road over the ford as its hidden from that side of the river then up and out to the wrynose pass road did you exit on to 593 from the first track just south of yewdale ???
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turned around and walked over the bridge to find the exit road over the ford as its hidden from that side of the river
This fred has totally effed me off.
You bloody idiot nugget. You've driven two routes illegally. Do your research before going out laning - it's this type of behaviour that gets lanes shut because you can't be arsed to do look at the Lake District National Park website and download the routes that are open here. The ford closed years ago because the road into Little Langdale is very narrow and a walker got knocked down by some twot in a bobtail 10 years ago. The route from the ford past Low Hall Garth is not open to vehicles. The narrow bridges are driveable from the fell foot end, mebbe you need a lesson in how wide a land rover is too.
Abserfeckinglootly unbelieveable. After all the work that the LDNP put into trail management. I really can't tell you how angry this makes me.
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dont pull yo punches, Widget - say it like it really is.
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This fred has totally effed me off.
The ford closed years ago because the road into Little Langdale is very narrow and a walker got knocked down by some twot in a bobtail 10 years ago. The route from the ford past Low Hall Garth is not open to vehicles. The narrow bridges are driveable from the fell foot end, mebbe you need a lesson in how wide a land rover is too.
Abserfeckinglootly unbelieveable. After all the work that the LDNP put into trail management. I really can't tell you how angry this makes me.
calm down calm down a didn,t drive the route past low hall garth a turned around just past the cottages and as for the ford the sign said no motorbikes or cars except for access !!!! and as cumbrian cottages have a property for letting up the lane after the ford does this not give me legitimate access rights to view the property ?????
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OK - apologies for rant 1 I misunderstood which bride you meant - but rant 2 about the ford still stands. Access is from the Little Langdale village to the cottages, not through the ford which has a permanent TRO on it. To get to the cottages you should have turned round and gone back up either to Stang End or Hodge close.
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na probs could be meeting up with adz on the next outing so his local knowledge should keep me on the right track 
