Start point: Walna Scar road (SD 289 970)
Walna Scar car park – Boo Tarn – The Old Man of Coniston – Low Water – Walna Scar car park
Distance: 3.5 miles Total Ascent: 575 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 45 minutes
Weather: Cold wind, snow on the tops. 5ºC.
It was bitterly cold again last night and there was a decent fall of snow on all the high fells that I could see. I had a walk up to the Old Man of Coniston after lunch today and the snow on the southern slopes of the fells had melted somewhat but on the northern sides there was still plenty and there were some angry looking snow clouds about. The wind at the top was biting, which is no less than you would expect I guess but I think Casper was wishing his hair was about a foot longer!

Brown Pike and Blind Tarn. Beyond, Walna Scar has a sprinkling of snow with the dark lump of Black Combe beyond. Black Combe had a smattering of snow first thing this morning but that disappeared as the day wore on.

At least there was a view from the top today, the other fells all seemed to be in cloud, here looking towards Wetherlam with Low Water and Levers Water in view below.