Route: from Barton House (10am) briefly along the road opposite, east, to the first bend and then right, south, along a field edge to pick up a path east again uphill but then turning due south to the right of a wood to cross out of the field via thistley overgrowth and again uphill eventually to reach a proper path. Along this to the Cockpit stone circle and thence to Arthur’s Pike. After a brief pause, on uphill to Loadpot Hill and then on marshy rising ground to Wether Hill, Red Crag to High Raise and lunch at Rampsgill Head. Then down and up to High Street and thence Thornthwaite Beacon. Down the rough scree track into Threshthwaite Mouth and the scramble up (at which point being deafened by a Tornado jet flying lower than us through the narrow pass) to reach Stony Cove Pike. Descending the ridge towards St Raven’s Edge on stepping stones before a final steep descent to the Kirkstone Pass at about 6pm.
Conditions: very still and hazy (but hot) sun all day.
Pub: The Kirkstone Pass Inn for Eden Best and Tirril Grasmere Gold.
