Peel Fell 602m 23rd November 2009

 

Heading for Peel Fell

 

Peel Fell is in England by 50 metres and it was Chris’ last English Marilyn. It was grey and damp, with rain from time to time, as Chris parked the car by the side of the road just outside Kielder and near the track that runs up to Deadwater Fell. We started at 10 am, walking up this track and through the forestry. The wind increased as we climbed and when we got out of the forest was quite strong. The rain became heavy and continuous, the mist came down and it wasn’t very nice. We were sick of rain and getting wet. We followed the track up to the Dewey of Deadwater Fell, with it’s trig and summit communications masts.The other side of Deadwater Fell a wet and boggy path, known as the Kielder Stane Walk, headed for Mid Fell. It was so wet underfoot that it was difficult to know which was worse, the bogs or the tussocks at the side of the path. On top of Mid Fell there was a large cairn with a cross on top, known as the Riever’s Cross. We continued to follow the path over the same sort of boggy terrain to Peel Fell, reaching the summit at 12.30 pm. We had a beer to celebrate Chris’ English completion and a quick bite to eat and after a 10 minute stay we descended back along the path. When we got to the track we took the branch that descended the other side of Deadwater Fell, without visiting the summit again. We made the mistake at one point of descending a mountain bike track, but this was hard work, so we ignored the other MTB tracks and kept to the track. We reached the car at 3 pm in heavy rain and 10 minutes later we were on our way home.

 

Chris at the summit of Peel Fell

 

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