Newland Round
Submerge yourself with great heights and overpowering mountainous landscapes
Summary
The Newland Round is a long ridge walk offering some of the lakes prettiest valleys, covering 5 fells such as Robinson, Hindscarth, Dale head, High Spy and Maidon moor.
The Hike
High mountains surrounded us as we parked up at the bottom of the valley just off little Town. The air was crisp, skies crystal blue, light winds and low clouds, we laced our boots, zipped our jackets and slung our back packs over our shoulders ready to begin the Newland round!
The first lane was covered with moss filled walls and trees that swooped over, with sounds of morning grouse that seemed to be in constant conversations with each other. In the distance we could see the fells soaring high as we walked through the u-shape valley alongside Scope Beck. “We are going up that steep hill, aren’t we? Let me prepare myself for this”
Before we knew it, the terrain slowly changed from a gentle path to an extremely steep hillside slog! I could see once at the top it was going to be fairly gentle, following the ridge to the summit of Robinson Peak but what I thought was going to be gentle, wasn’t! There were a few technical scrambling parts the higher we climbed towards the summit. However, the rewards of 360 views of distant fells made it all worthwhile, especially on Robinson peak as we were above the clouds and could see miles and miles of cloud inverted mountainous terrain, that filled us both with overwhelming joy; this was incredible and was the perfect opportunity for a quick banana before heading towards Hindscarth fell.
The path towards Hindscarth was gradual alongside the side of the mountain. During this time the sun came out to show its face just before ascending the summit to the nearby cairn. This is when the true magnitude of daleshead came into view, although daunting, this was easiest of the fells to summit and a great spot for lunch to take in the views and regain some energy for the last half of the hike. Daleshead was a fantastic opportunity to see the swooping valley and ridge lines of the Newland round, especially on a clear day like we had. As we sat and embraced this moment looking out, you wouldn’t have even thought that a pandemic was going on from the calmness high up.
Descending was more challenging than ascending, as this was extremely steep and quite troublesome on foot, especially with tired legs from climbing the three previous peaks. There was on more hill to face, up to the summit of High spy, where to my surprise I saw group of individuals Llama trekking! “I’d love to be a Llama now, trekking in the mountains not having a care in the world” Onwards, from high spy to Maiden moor was very picturesque as the golden sun was setting behind the fells and revealed colours and shadows that covered the rolling Newland Valley, before hiking the last few miles back to the car and capturing a fire lit sunset.
It was a lovely way to end the day and one I will never forget.