2020

NY5608 : Wasdale Beck

taken 3 years ago, 4 km NW of Greenholme, Cumbria, England

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Wasdale Beck
Wasdale Beck
Wasdale Beck in high water is an alpine-style grade 4-5 descent taking maybe an hour (with minimal inspection) from the A6 down to the Shap Wells Hotel. Needless to say it needs a lot of water and doesn't stay up very long. Seen here after some rain (the fells were pretty boggy underfoot) but with nowhere near enough to paddle, the nature of the bed becomes clear - a maze of tough Shap Granite boulders and some bedrock falls. Low footbridges and sheep fences with a dire lack of eddies are among the hazards, but lower down there's a decent size fall and a potentially nasty weir. At one time it would have the potential to be a tree-filled ditch, but recent clearcutting of the forest has at least reduced that risk somewhat.

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Geographical Context: Uplands Rivers, Streams, Drainage Category: Beck Category: Beck
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Wasdale Beck [5] · Fells [3] · Shap Wells Hotel [2] Title Clusters: · Wasdale Beck [2] ·
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NY5608, 19 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy Waddington   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 11 October, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 5696 0881 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.3690N 2:39.9388W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 5692 0884
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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