Start Point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)
Kiln Bank Cross – Stickle Tarn – Tarn Hill (OF) – Great Stickle (OF) – Kiln Bank Cross
Distance: 2.5 miles Total Ascent: 235 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 15 minutes Start Time: 15:00
Weather: A cold wind, 6°C
I had the chance of a swift walk with the dogs at the end of the afternoon so I had a wander around some of the Dunnerdale fells. It turned out to be a stunning sunset, something that didn’t look like it would happen until the very end so I am glad we braved the cold wind and went for it!
Whirlwind on Stickle Tarn.
Passing beneath Stickle Pike.
Stickle Pike from the northern end of the Tarn Hill ridge.
Oooh - great sky looking over to Black Combe from Tarn Hill.
Stickle Pike and Caw from one of the tarns.
Heading for Great Stickle.
Looking back to Tarn Hill.
Great Stickle sunset.
Dougal and Fletcher.
The Duddon Estuary from Great Stickle. It looks as though the trig column has only been undercoated, it used to be bright white!
Black Combe.
Another Stickle Pike view.
Caw after sunset.
Black Combe has gone thermo-nuclear!