Route: leaving the house and heading uphill through the station, past the Station Inn and along the road behind/to the east of the Helm to the start of a footpath round the south end. Here, for the first time, taking a path through bracken on the Friends of the Lake District-owned side, up the end of the Helm (perhaps 30m to the east of the familiar path), but kept away from a direct route to the summit by a small cliff. On reaching a fence, climbing to the ridge and then back to the summit. Then along the ridge, on the east side, descending to the Station Inn and then home.
Conditions: low cloud and constant drizzle.
Pub: the Station Inn, Oxenholme, for Moorhouse Blonde Witch and Settle Brewery Blonde.
