Start point: Bottom of Kirkstone Pass (NY 402 113)
Kirkstone Pass – Hartsop Hall – Dovedale – Dove Crag – High Bakestones – Scandale Tarn – Little Hart Crag – High Hartsop Dodd – Kirkstone Pass
Distance: 7.9 miles Total Ascent: 915 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 15 minutes Start Time: 09:30
Weather: Sunny. 17°C
Wow, what a day today – it seems summer has arrived and it was the first time this year that my shorts had an airing. Fantastic views all around as well, you can’t beat it.
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The start of the stone stairway. Dougal and Casper are going the wrong way but you can make out some people climbing the path in the distance.
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Hartsop above How and the far eastern fells. I got talking on the climb and managed to miss the Priest Hole - next time!
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Heading for High Hartsop Dodd - it looks like Dougal has been already and is coming back to see where we are!