Start point: Strands Bridge (NY 249 135)
Strands Bridge – The Combe – Combe Door – Combe Head – Stonethwaite Fell – Rosthwaite Cam on Rosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot on Rosthwaite Fell – Big Stanger Gill – Stonethwaite – Strands Bridge
Distance: 7.1 miles Total Ascent: 762 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 minutes Start Time: 09:00
Weather: Cold wind, wintry. 4C
Today’s walk was up to Glaramara (or it was supposed to be – read on to find out why it didn’t quite turn out that way!) via Combe Gill. It is certainly a quiet way to climb but then again it is normally fairly quiet on the fells when conditions aren’t particularly good in winter.

At Combe Door the weather suddenly became very wintry, here looking to the Langdales through the rapidly moving clouds.

Anyone who has been here knows that Glaramara is only a stone's throw away yet I didn't really fancy going for it today...