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Name: | Bush Howe |
Hill number: | 2760 |
Height: | 622.3m / 2042ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2732 The Calf |
RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Lune |
Class: | Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis (N,BL) |
Grid ref: | SD 65904 98083 |
Summit feature: | small pile of stones by path |
Drop: | 16.8m |
Col: | 605.6m SD 6605 9789 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL19S |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 497 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
from cross keys Yarlside via Ben end Kensgriff, Randygill top down and across Bowderdale stream and steep up to hazelgill knott Dales high way to the calf out and back to bush howe and fell head taking in minor ring contours back to the calf then bram rigg top and calders return force gill beck and cautely spout 20.5 ks 8 hrs 30 and 1250 ascent | underhill | 26/03/2024 |
Cotegill, Langdale Knott, West Fell, Hazelgill Knott, The Calf, Bush Howe, Simon's Seat, Middleton, Cotegill. | JulieB | 24/03/2024 |
With a group of 13. | Phreerunner | 24/03/2024 |
From The Calf | KeithByTheC | 24/03/2024 |
Great Dummacks > Calders > The Calf [S5676] > White Fell Head SE Top > White Fell Head > Bush Howe Far South Top > Bush Howe South Top > Bush Howe > The Calf [S5676] > Bram Rigg Top > Middle Tongue from GR: SD 69829 96943 | ronaldo333 | 09/03/2024 |
Last new Nuttall before heading to the Calf for the second time. | simocity | 25/07/2023 |
From small parking area on minor road to west just past Gibbet Bridge. Track up to Linghaw then well used path along ridge to Fell Head and Bush Howe. Hot, hazy day. Lots of fell ponies about. | Lazylizzie | 09/06/2023 |
Calders-TheCalf-BushHowe-FellHead | AJWSmith | 18/10/2022 |
Sedbergh, over Calf to Fellhead, down south-west ridge, Brown Moor and Lane back to Sedbergh. | Flatfield | 06/08/2022 |
Fun but tough afternoon on the Howgills. Linghaw, Black Force, Fell Head Scar, Bush Howe, The Calf, Randygill Top, Kensgriff, Yarlside, Cautley Spout, The Calf (revisit) and back. | meltdiceburg | 10/07/2022 |
Parked at Brow Foot, off A865. West Fell, Hazelgill Knott, The Calf, Bram Rigg Top, The Calf, Bush Howe, Simon's Seat and Langdale Knott. | PGCE | 18/05/2022 |
A crossing of the Howgills from Sedbergh to Tebay with Christine, Eric, and Steve visiting Winder, Arant Haw, Calders, Bram Rigg Top, The Calf, Bush Howe, Fell Head, Uldale Head, and Blease Fell. A perfect day for walking on the velvet turf of the Howgills, although distant views compromised somewhat by the poor air quality. 20km with 1050m ascent in 7hours. | silverwolf_alan | 24/03/2022 |
Howgills walk with Lindsey and GMC group (8 in all) from Cross Keys Inn (A683). Followed the glacial valley to the steep ascent beside Cautley Spout. Crossed the beck above the falls then path above Cautley Crags to Calders. Followed clear track north to The Calf then on to Bush Howe and Fell Head. Lindsey and I returned via The Calf, Force Gill Beck, and Cautley Spout (the GMC group went on to Simons Seat, Hazelgill Knott, Yarlside, and Randygill Top). Dry day, very sunny, but windy with gusts strong enough to make walking arduous. | Skip | 19/03/2022 |
Variation of Nuttall walk 11.1. | Dan Baddeley | 27/02/2022 |
From Bowderdale up to West Fell. Hazelgill Knott. The Calf. and Bush Howe. Returned by the same route. Plenty of stops, weather excellent, some strong winds. | smocks and denims | 26/02/2022 |
After Fell Head | LANGDALE | 17/01/2022 |
Doing radio comms from Linghaw for the British Athletics Fell Relay Championships. Added a walk to The Calf first. Visibility poor (~50m) most of the day. | higlett | 16/10/2021 |
Ascent after scramble up Carlin Gill and Black Force. | welshyboyo | 28/08/2021 |
Brief stop before pushing on to Fell Head | Fellhugger | 10/04/2021 |
Walk up the ridge to the Calf, then continuation to Fell Head and down via Brown Moor. With B and R. | jenx | 26/11/2020 |
Howgill Fell Walk | munkyennui | 30/10/2020 |
Doing the Saunders 6 hour virtual score | Geoff Briggs | 18/10/2020 |
Western approach to the Howgills keeping an eye out for the Black Horse of Busha which eluded our cameras. | cumbria mammoth | 04/10/2020 |
A magnificent day on the hills. Clouds scudding across the sky and their shadows created moving light on the hillsides. One to remember. | morgs4mountains | 09/09/2020 |
18 miles 4906ft walk, start at Cross Hall Farm Caravan Park Cautley, Take A Pennine Journey Path to Cautley Spout Tongue, up Bowderdale Head to the bottom of Randygill and climb to Summit, back down to Bowderdale and follow briddleway to the summit of The Calf, head west to Bush Howe, Fell Head and Linghaw, return to The Calf Summit then head south on the Dales High Way to Calders,head east to Great Dummacks then follow ridge down to Crook Holme and back to Cautley. | stephenbuda | 09/09/2020 |
From the parking area on Fair mile Road at 62947 98000. The route taking in Uldale head, Simon's Seat, West Fell, Hazelgill Knott, Hooksey and Kensgriff, wild camping at the base of Randygill. In the morning returned via The Calf, Bush Howe and Fell head. Eighteen and half miles with Seven Thousand Two Hundred feet of ascent. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 15/08/2020 |
Nuttalls route | Gary Heath | 10/08/2020 |
From Tebay. Blease Fell, Uldale Head, Linghaw, Brown Moor, Fell Head, Bush Howe, The Calf. Return via Udale Beck and Waskew Head | RobertP | 12/07/2020 |
easy path to follow from the calf | Aristotle Chip | 11/07/2020 |
W/Wright WotHF no.10. | Sedge | 19/06/2020 |
Howgill Fells, half way through the Aberystwyth to Aberdeen commute: <iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https://www.strava.com/activities/3624171659/embed/dac7376dde1994b260a6c88dbf283ba360922a27'></iframe> | rhif7 | 16/06/2020 |
A 4 Dewey day comprising of a high level circuit of Langdale from Gaisgill (NY 636 047) visiting Blease Fell, Ulldale Head, Hand Lake, Docker Knott, Simon's Seat, Fell Head, Bush Howe, The Calf, Bram Rigg Top, Calders, Hazelgill Knott, West Fell and Langdale Knott. 31km with 1500m ascent in 8h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 25/05/2020 |
On clockwise circuit from the North | vegibagger | 20/03/2020 |
From Fell Head. On to Bram Rigg Top. | Wycombe Wanderer | 06/02/2020 |
From Cross Keys Temperance Inn > Calders >Arant Haw > The Calf > Bush Howe > Fell Head. Solo. | axoree | 10/11/2019 |
With Val. From Sedburgh. Calders, The Calf then on to Bush Howe. Good weather | mike.hoult | 08/09/2019 |
a full day out in the Howgills | jmistry86 | 17/08/2019 |
SLMM | haydnw | 07/07/2019 |
En route the Calf to Fell Head on well-marked grassy paths. | JOHNS | 09/06/2019 |
Up from Beck House on a murky day. Third top on a round of 8 to complete the Howgill subset. From Fell Head and on to The Calf. | jonglew | 06/01/2019 |
Cross Keys Cautley Yarlside Kensgriff Randygill Bowderdale Langdale Windscarth Fell Head Bush Howe The Calf Bran Rigg Top Calders Great Drummacks Cautley Crags Cautley Spout Cross Keys | Andy Hirst | 01/10/2018 |
Climbed on circular route from Fell Head to Calf to Arrant Haw good path along the ridge | RobbieH | 29/08/2018 |
Running across the howgills | emily | 05/08/2018 |
parked in sedbergh, road to lockbank farm then good tracks/paths all day down to cross keys, picked up bike and cycle back to sedbergh. winder, arant haw, calders, bram rigg top, the calf, bush howe, fell head, yardside, | robertphillips | 04/08/2018 |
A circuit of 4 summits | bardolph | 09/01/2018 |
From parking area north of cattle grid on minor road to west. Track up to Linghaw then well used path along ridge to Fell Head,Bush Howe and The Calf. | mart0797 | 19/11/2017 |
See log for Fell Head | IanHHill | 18/10/2017 |
Nuttall walk. Some difficulty with stream crossings due to recent rain. Paddling required | Ruth | 09/09/2017 |
Climbed on the way to Fell Head from Sedbergh | dianepick | 17/06/2017 |
From Lay-by Nr. Cross Keys Inn SD 69814 96916, via Calders, Bram Rigg & The Calf Then onto Fell Head. Returned via the Calf. | Westdenewalker | 23/04/2017 |