Cyril Haearn wrote:Anyone been up Black Combe (Cumberland), it looks interesting on the map, right by the sea
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We took a 12 year old (who we were minding for the weekend) up in October. The views were a bit limited as it was in the clouds, but what we saw was nice.
- Looking back over Whicham towards Millom & Haverigg, with Barrow in the background.
We started from the small carpark (honesty box donations for parking requested) next to St Mary's Whicham, just off the A595. We just did the up & back (
Strava link), approx 4.6 miles, but it looks like you could make a 10 mile loop by climbing/descending the path on the North side & looping round the low level paths on the west side to link the two.
Much of the main path is bridleway so you could "ride" Black Combe (though I think there would probably be quite a bit of hike-a-bike involved).
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