Start point: Hardknott Pass summit (NY 230 014)
Hardknott Pass – Border End – Eskdale Needle – Hard Knott – Hardknott Pass
Distance: 2 miles Total Ascent: 267 metres Time Taken: 1 hour Start Time: 15:15
Weather: Sunny. 3°C
After wet weather for much of the beginning of 2024, this year’s first fell walk was at the end of a fantastic cold and clear day. It is always a lovely view from Hard Knott but a sunset walk up there is a bit special. It is hard to beat that felling of solitude and peace as the sun sets in such magnificent surroundings.
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The sun was already low in the sky as I set off from the top of Hardknott Pass, here looking across Wrynose Bottom to Grey Friar and the Coniston Fells.
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The plan was to drop down to Eskdale Needle before climbing back up to Hard Knott...but I need to be quick!