Start Point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)

Kiln Bank Cross – Stickle Tarn – Stickle Pike – Kiln Bank Cross

Distance: 1.6 km
Total Ascent: 115 metres     
Time Taken: 45 minutes or so.
Start Time: 15:10
Weather: Beautiful and clear. 3ºC
Finlay’s Wainwright count: 16/214 (0 new this walk)

Well, what another beautiful day this Boxing Day was. I had no walk planned but on such a day a short walk up to Stickle Pike is always a treat for a great sunset and it certainly did not disappoint today. It was a good way to try and work off a surplus of calories and a beautiful end to the day.

A fabulous view almost at the beginning of the climb looking to Harter Fell, Scafells to the left and Esk Pike and Bowfell to the right.

Caw and our own Stickle Pike shadow.

Climbing higher the views just get better.

Stickle Tarn.

A wider view along the Duddon Valley, the shadows lengthening already.

This final part of the climb to Stickle Pike.

Up at the tarn.

Looking down on the tarn from further up.

The sun is quickly dropping behind Black Combe.

Stickle Pike.

A wider view, and what a magnificent one it is in this light. I was all alone and it was so peaceful up here.

Finlay sunset.

The Duddon Estuary.

I couldn’t resist one final shot of this view, the sun had gone now on the descent but the final dying embers were making the high fells glow red.