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20b. A fine weather repeat walk up to High Cup Nick from Bow Hall farm (see also page 20 for this walk from Dufton Village)
To save time, you can drive up to just above Bow Hall Farm and park where the track begins. Looking back to Dufton Pike with the Vale of Eden beyond and the hills of the Lake District in the far distance.
Look out for the odd limekiln and the gentle unassuming semi-wild horses.
The early morning low winter sun causes spectacular light contrasts, as I hope the following sequence of pictures will show.
High Cup Nick first comes into view.
Looking back down south across Middle Tongue and Murton Pike.
High Cup Nick. High Cup Scar on the right is all in shadow.
Looking south-west from the apex of High Cup Nick along Narrow Gate above High Cup Gill. The mighty rock stack of Nichol Chair is on the right
The rock formations on Narrow Gate. High Cup Nick is a ridge of hard volcanic rock which is part of the Whin Sill formed by a massive up welling of molten magma that pushes up through cracks in the Earth's crust and then spreads out in softer rock layers. It slowly cools to a hard granite
The classical curved glacial valley of High Cup Gill.
Looking south from the east side on the top of High Cup Scar.
Looking south-west down High Cup Gill from above High Cup Scar.
Looking south-west along Narrow Gate (on right) from above High Cup Scar (in shadow).
The rock formation on Narrow Gate and Nichol Chair just right of centre.
Looking south-west down the glaciated valley of High Cup Gill.
On the left is Narrow Gate and on the right High Cup Scar.
Looking south over Middle Tongue and Murton Pike.
The semi-wild horses with Middle Tongue and Murton Pike in the distance.
Nearly back down as Dufton Pike and Knock Pike (right of centre-far distance) come into sight.
Collecting in the sheep (just above Bow Hall Farm) and bringing them down for sheep dipping and re-release into lower pastures for the winter.
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