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.
Stickle Tarn.
The route to Stickle Pike.
Casper caught in flight near Stickle Tarn.
Getting cosy on Stickle Pike.
The way ahead is the Tarn Hill - Great Stickle ridge running from right to left.
Stickle Pike from Tarn Hill.
Tarn Hill and Great Stickle with the Duddon Estuary beyond.
Looking back to Stickle Pike with Caw putting in an appearance from the cloud as it starts to lift in the distance.
The cloud starts to lift from Green Crag to the north.
Stickle Pike and Caw from one of the many tarns on the aptly named Tarn Hill.
Still a heavy looking sky over the Duddon Estuary, from Great Stickle.
Looking across Dunnerdale to The Knott, the next objective.
Stickle Pike along Dunnerdale.
Amazingly, blue skies appeared as I climbed The Knott, here looking along the Lickle Valley to the Duddon Estuary.
Even Black Combe is there now - so that's what it looks like!
A panoramic view of the Great Stickle to Stickle Pike ridge.
Raven's Crag from The Knott.
Stickle Pike over Hoses.
Even the higher fells can be seen now with Harter Fell left of centre distance with Scafell behind. The distinctive 'crinkly' Esk Pike and the pyramidal Bow Fell are in the right distance.
Caw.
A close up of Stickle Pike, the disused quarry giving away the secret of it's industrial past.
Hesk Fell.