A 10km walk with, it turned out, a very poorly Neil, leaving Lois, working, at home.Route: leaving the car in the informal parking area on a track beyond Raven’s Lodge and ascending a track under White Scar gaining height across the flat bed of ancient rock. Shortly after entering a wood and passing a bench, angling right uphill to climb onto the top of the plateau and then through and back through a wall to gain more height to enjoy fine views south over the Kent Estuary. Then taking paths rising gently, with views over the Winster valley and to the Lakeland Fells, to reach the summit.
Heading further north and east to cross a wall stile and, where the marked path turned left, continuing forward to a T-junction. This time turning right on a track, initially ascending and then following it now as a narrow path through dense trees and bracken and past slabby blocks of mossy limestone eventually descending to some stabling and then down a track, then a narrow path down to Rawsons farm and then on a track back to Raven’s Lodge and thus the car. (The walk was somewhat affected by Neil being repeatedly sick and having to lie down, finally stopping, after a brave final push, a little short of the car, never to bother the score-keeper again.)
Conditions: cloudy, windy and with a few downpours, the first with hail.
Pub? Because of Neil’s sickness, a bottle of Thornbridge Lord Marples Bitter for Tim at home.
