Hallin Fell, G/LD-043 - 388m ASL - NY 433 198 - OS Explorer OL5 - 1 SOTA point            

Monday 5th October 2020 - Blencathra G/LD-008, High Rigg G/LD-044, Great Mell Fell G/LD-035, Little Mell Fell G/LD-037 & Hallin Fell G/LD-043

After Little Mell Fell G/LD-037, it should have been a fairly quick drive down to Ullswater, through Pooley Bridge, and back along the southern shore of Ullswater, via Howtown, to Hallin Fell.  However, the road into Pooley Bridge was closed due to essential repair works on the bridge, and a very lengthy diversion via Penrith was required.

At least once I'd finally parked up in the church car park on the south side of the hill, I knew it was a fairly quick and short ascent ahead of me.  I climbed up the initial steep grassy bank, then went for 'pot luck' as I picked one of the many paths ascending the fell.  Only right near the end did the obelisk marking the summit come into view, and that was my last climb of the day completed.

The view over Ullswater was delightful as ever, and with this being a small fell, screened by much bigger ones in all directions, I deployed the 5-el. beam.  It was fine though, and sufficient contacts, including some on C4FM mode, were made easily.  By 6pm local I was packing up and descending, and contemplating the long drive south, back down the M6, to home.