A near 6km walk as part of T’s broken ankle recuperation.Route: leaving the car in the car park of the Swinside Inn around (emptying at 5pm) and walking along the road towards the foot of Catbells before turning right to Skelgill. Taking the third, lowest, footpath on a grassy track south west and then descending to cross Newlands Beck on a footbridge at Ghyll Bank and then climbing up to Rowling End Farm.
Having exited by the farm track rather than the path, backtracking to find a narrow balcony path round into the valley of Stoneycroft Gill. Here contemplating crossing the gill in a narrow but deep ravine on a handy tree but rejecting it as foolhardy, descending instead to the road and along to Uzzicar and on paths back to the pub.
Conditions: A cloudy 16C evening but surprisingly dry.
Pub: the Swinside Inn for Timothy Taylor’s Landlord and a half of Theakstons Old Peculier.
