Start point: Stonestar (SD 202 912)
Stonestar – Great Stickle (OF) – Tarn Hill (OF) – The Dunnerdale Fells – Stonestar
Distance: 3.1 miles Total Ascent: 358 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 25 minutes
Weather: Overcast and breezy. 17°C.
Back to nearer home today with a walk up to the group of small, rough fells known as The Dunnerdale Fells lying between the Duddon Valley and Lickle Valley . The clear weather of yesterday has disappeared again and the rain was threatening but thankfully it stayed off. The bracken is noticeably turning brown now – we should know, we waded through enough of it today!
Dunnerdale Fells
Great Stickle ahead. The bracken is beginning to turn brown now.
The Pike across the Duddon Valley with a sunlit Hesk Fell behind.
The summit of Great Stickle, the Duddon Estuary in the distance.
Looking back to Great Stickle from Tarn Hill.
Stickle Pike from Tarn Hill.
A quizzical look on the Dunnerdale Fells.
The Pike through the thick Gorse on the rough descent.
The River Duddon.