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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
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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 ascentunderhill26/03/2024
Cotegill, Langdale Knott, West Fell, Hazelgill Knott, The Calf, Bush Howe, Simon's Seat, Middleton, Cotegill.JulieB24/03/2024
With a group of 13.Phreerunner24/03/2024
From The Calf KeithByTheC24/03/2024
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 96943ronaldo33309/03/2024
Last new Nuttall before heading to the Calf for the second time.simocity25/07/2023
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.Lazylizzie09/06/2023
Calders-TheCalf-BushHowe-FellHeadAJWSmith18/10/2022
Sedbergh, over Calf to Fellhead, down south-west ridge, Brown Moor and Lane back to Sedbergh.Flatfield06/08/2022
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.meltdiceburg10/07/2022
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.PGCE18/05/2022
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_alan24/03/2022
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.Skip19/03/2022
Variation of Nuttall walk 11.1.Dan Baddeley27/02/2022
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 denims26/02/2022
After Fell HeadLANGDALE17/01/2022
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.higlett16/10/2021
Ascent after scramble up Carlin Gill and Black Force.welshyboyo28/08/2021
Brief stop before pushing on to Fell HeadFellhugger10/04/2021
Walk up the ridge to the Calf, then continuation to Fell Head and down via Brown Moor. With B and R.jenx26/11/2020
Howgill Fell Walkmunkyennui30/10/2020
Doing the Saunders 6 hour virtual scoreGeoff Briggs18/10/2020
Western approach to the Howgills keeping an eye out for the Black Horse of Busha which eluded our cameras.cumbria mammoth04/10/2020
A magnificent day on the hills. Clouds scudding across the sky and their shadows created moving light on the hillsides. One to remember.morgs4mountains09/09/2020
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.stephenbuda09/09/2020
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 ROWLETT15/08/2020
Nuttalls routeGary Heath10/08/2020
From Tebay. Blease Fell, Uldale Head, Linghaw, Brown Moor, Fell Head, Bush Howe, The Calf. Return via Udale Beck and Waskew HeadRobertP12/07/2020
easy path to follow from the calfAristotle Chip11/07/2020
W/Wright WotHF no.10.Sedge19/06/2020
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>rhif716/06/2020
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_alan25/05/2020
On clockwise circuit from the Northvegibagger20/03/2020
From Fell Head. On to Bram Rigg Top.Wycombe Wanderer06/02/2020
From Cross Keys Temperance Inn > Calders >Arant Haw > The Calf > Bush Howe > Fell Head. Solo.axoree10/11/2019
With Val. From Sedburgh. Calders, The Calf then on to Bush Howe. Good weathermike.hoult08/09/2019
a full day out in the Howgillsjmistry8617/08/2019
SLMMhaydnw07/07/2019
En route the Calf to Fell Head on well-marked grassy paths.JOHNS09/06/2019
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.jonglew06/01/2019
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 KeysAndy Hirst01/10/2018
Climbed on circular route from Fell Head to Calf to Arrant Haw good path along the ridgeRobbieH29/08/2018
Running across the howgillsemily05/08/2018
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,robertphillips04/08/2018
A circuit of 4 summitsbardolph09/01/2018
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.mart079719/11/2017
See log for Fell HeadIanHHill18/10/2017
Nuttall walk. Some difficulty with stream crossings due to recent rain. Paddling requiredRuth09/09/2017
Climbed on the way to Fell Head from Sedberghdianepick17/06/2017
From Lay-by Nr. Cross Keys Inn SD 69814 96916, via Calders, Bram Rigg & The Calf Then onto Fell Head. Returned via the Calf.Westdenewalker23/04/2017