Route: leaving the car parked on the main road (A683/4) just short of the Spar and walking north on a footpath to reach Howgill Lane (meeting Verity and Mark). Walking through Lockbank Farm then dog-legging left and right again after about 50m to climb a very steep grassy hillside easing onto a diagonal path. Resisting the temptation to turn left for Winder until reaching a clear, ‘gentle’ path to the summit. Then along a marshy path on the saddle and uphill to Arant Haw. Descending the ridge on a fainter but still obvious path bending left at the bottom to cross a stream. Then heading pathless to try to stay higher than expected to contour round to reach the outward route by Lockbank Farm and back to the car, leaving Verity and Mark on the roadside where we found them.
Conditions: cloudy with sunny spells.
Pub: the Royal Barn, Kirkby Lonsdale for Kirkby Lonsdale Singletrack and a KL mild (not sure of the name).
