The Dodd
614m (2015ft)
The North Pennines, Northumberland, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25ml (10km) |
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| Ascent: | 821ft (250m) |
| Time: | 3.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Easy) |
Route Summary:
Killhope Cross - Killhope Head - Black Hill - The Dodd - Smallburns Moor - Sunnyside Farm - Coalcleugh Farm - Mufton Hall - Carrshield Moor - Bridge Cleugh - Killhope Law - Killhope Head - Killhope Cross
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged The Dodd
Sam Jones walked up The Dodd on May 27th, 2023 [from/via/route] From Coalcleugh following the track up to nab geocache then up to top & back via path past gorlock springs contoured round to join restricted byway back to car. Mostly overcast & breezy [with] Solo [weather] Mostly cloudy - Awesome views
Caroline Winter climbed The Dodd on August 20th, 2021 [from/via/route] Coalcleugh, Sunnyside, Issac Tea Trail, Dodds End, The Dodd [with] Becky [weather] Warm & humid - Pleasant walk, peat bog trotting to trig on top & then pacing back to find highest point
Angela Moroney bagged The Dodd on May 20th, 2021 [from/via/route] road [with] Jane ludders [weather] wind rain
Sarah Baker hiked The Dodd on December 29th, 2019 [with] Larry baker [weather] Cold
Kevin Foster summited The Dodd on March 2nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Nenthead. [with] Henry. [weather] Cloudy, turning to driving rain & a bitter cold wind. - Back in the car & a short drive to Nenthead to bag the final North Pennine top on my list - The Dodd. Usually, people talk about 'leaving the best until last' sadly I cannot say this was the case with The Dodd. Even the name is a bit of a joke because a flatter fell you will not find. At some disused quarries just before the junction with the road to Allenheads (named as The Rake on maps) I set off across Black Hill which is in fact a heathery bog!. After a small rise following the wall it turned sharply left (in the wrong direction) & I was left with no option but to head on in roughly the same direction over very rough ground with no paths. After approximately half a mile I spotted a small pile of stones which marked the summit of this vast flat fell. My camera phone died on me so I couldn't even get a photo of this momentous occasion. The wind & rain (which had been light up until now) really came on strong & my return back the way I had come was into the prevailing wind. I followed Isaac's tea trail back into Nenthead to vary & try to shorten my return journey but it seemed to take just as long. A very wet & bedraggled man & his dog reached my parked car in Nenthead Mines car park. Nevertheless you have to take the rough with the smooth & I am very proud that I have managed to complete all of the North pennines tops....Now onto The Peak District....Then The Lakes!
Darren Mortimer conquered The Dodd on October 8th, 2017 [from/via/route] Nenthead [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Nice warm sunny day - Shit walking over moors
Christine Shepherd scaled The Dodd on May 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Walked there & back from Nenthead, starting along Isaac's Tea Trail. [with] On my own [weather] Perfect walking weather. - Did this in the morning before driving to High Force to bag Binks Moss.
Mark Davidson walked up The Dodd on July 21st, 2008 [with] Alone [weather] Rough going with plenty of bog despite good dry weather
Iain Taylor climbed The Dodd on March 31st, 2012 [from/via/route] Allendale (NY 83923 55893)
Ray O'hara bagged The Dodd on August 21st, 2012 [from/via/route] Just walked in from the "minor road to Nenthead" from walk DU116 [weather] Overcast - Yet another dreadful bog to traverse (when will the rain end this summer?). The "tussocky grass" near the summit was pretty hard going too.
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