Start point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)
Kiln Bank Cross – Stickle Pike – Tarn Hill – Great Stickle – Scrithwaite Farm – Knott End – The Knott(OF) – Raven’s Crag – Stainton Ground Quarries – Kiln Bank Cross
Distance: 4.8 miles Total Ascent: 700 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Overcast, clearing later. 14oC.
It was the same today as yesterday – it looked like someone had ruled a line at 400m and that was the cloud base across the whole of the southern Lake District. The Dunnerdale Fells were beneath the clouds, so that’s where I headed but even that looked a bit iffy at the start with the odd shower whilst I was on Stickle Pike. By the time I reached the return leg, the clouds quickly cleared away and even gave a hint of blue sky – it just shows how quickly it can all change.

Looking over Dunnerdale to Raven's Crag and The Knott, to be used on the return leg. The weather didn't look too hopeful as even these lowly tops were catching a bit of the cloud.

Looking back to Stickle Pike with Caw putting in an appearance from the cloud as it starts to lift in the distance.

Amazingly, blue skies appeared as I climbed The Knott, here looking along the Lickle Valley to the Duddon Estuary.