A 20km traverse of Britain's newest mountain walking the uphill sections and running the (flatter bits and) downhills, although mainly walking (especially on tarmac sections) towards the end of the day.
Route: leaving the car parked in Barbon and heading east along a road past the church and turning left on a track then a grassy path across fields. At a second crossroads of paths, turning right steeply uphill and through a wall to find a clear track in the grass snaking uphill to arrive at the cairn at Eskholme Pike. Continuing now less steeply to rise to the head of a valley and cross to Castle Knott. Descending, running, to the next saddle and ascending to the summit of Calf Top. Then running along the rest of the long summit ridge descending to Combe Top and Long Bank End. After a while, diverting from the ridge to arrive at Fellside and down a zigzagging road to cross the A683 and turn left on a descending track through woodland next to the river After crossing fields recrossing the A683 to climb on the c-road before continuing on a path to Ullathorns and Tossbeck and Millhouse. Then on paths via Sowermire Farm and Borwens to join another c-road and walk a final (long) kilometre back to the start.Conditions: hot and sunny.
Pub? (C-19) bottles of Vintage Henney’s cider and Weston (Sainsbury’s) 0.9% cider in the summer house.
