Start point: Woodland Fell road (SD 256 879)
Woodland Fell Road – Blawith Knott (OF) – Angus Tarn – Tottlebank Height (OF) -Round Haw – Wool Knott (OF) – Slatestone Fell – Tottlebank Height (OF) – Woodland Fell Road
Distance: 4.7 miles Total Ascent: 417 metres Time Taken: 2 hours Start Time: 09:25
Weather: Cold and changeable with showers. 2C
The weather was completely odd in the south west Lakes this morning – when I set off it was cold and clear with an inversion over Coniston Water but I was soon overtaken by higher level cloud which was constantly clearing then dropping down again. At one point it started raining as well and you couldn’t tell what it would be like from one minute to the next. It was good to get out on a walk today though – it is Casper’s 7th birthday today, so Happy Birthday to him!
Blawith route map.
All looks nice and sunny on Blawith Knott at the start of the walk...
...but, looking the other way - look what's coming right for us across Kirkby Moor!
On the summit of an eerie Blawith Knott.
I don't know what you have been licking (ugh!) but Happy Birthday Casper, 7 today!
A glimpse of the Coniston Fells.
Dougal heads for Tottlebank Height. Beyond, there is a temperature inversion over Coniston Water and the Crake Valley.
Beacon Fell left, Angus Tarn centre and Tottlebank Height on the right with the Coniston Water inversion visible along its length.
Angus Tarn is frozen today Dougal!
A frozen pool on the way to Tottlebank Height.
Wool Knott and Beacon Fell.
Inversion in the Crake Valley.
Casper and Dougal don't know what to make of the strange light.
Beacon Fell and Tarn from the summit of Wool Knott.
Sunlight over Morecambe Bay.
The light is giving the inversion an other worldly look.
The clouds above are thickening now.
Crake Valley panorama.
Dramatic sky, dramatic inversion from Slatestone Fell. Now there's an odd thing - it was absolutely chucking it down now and freezing cold but I didn't think you could get an inversion in those conditions.
Coniston Water in the rain from Slatestone Fell.
Walking the damp, walled highway on the way back - Tottlebank Height ahead.
It's all change over Wool Knott now!
Looking back to Slatestone Fell, the mist now clearing and the rain has gone.
A panoramic view from the same place.
The mist is constantly clearing and then reforming.
Dead tree on Tottlebank Height.
I climbed back to the top of Tottlebank Height to have another look around, here looking to Wool Knott and Beacon Fell.
Clearing Coniston Fells from Tottlebank Height.
Kirkby Moor.
Big sky looking towards Black Combe now under a thick blanket of cloud.
A final dip and a drink for the boys at the foot of Blawith Knott.