Route: leaving the car outside the Under Skiddaw village hall (£2) at Millbeck and because of a broken bridge heading up a track to the east to cross a footbridge and hence to the start of a footpath signed Skiddaw. Heading increasingly steeply up a grassy track until recent path re-engineering had introduced a series of zig-zags up the steepest part. Then continuing on to White Stones (quartz embedded rocks) and heading briefly laterally and then downhill at a cairn towards the Dodd. Crossing a forestry track at a stile and then taking a track and then well made gravel path leading eventually to the summit. Retracing the route to the stile and continuing 600m down it to find a grassy track behind a wooden hut into the forest and turning off it downhill on a less clear path eventually emerging onto the hillside and down to the road close to Millbeck.
Conditions: a cold autumnal day, rather less sunny than forecast.
Pub: the Pheasant, Keswick for Jennings Cocker Hoop.
