Start point: Hardknott Pass summit (NY 230 014)
Hardknott Pass – Border End – Hard Knott – Hardknott Pass
Distance: 1.6 miles Total Ascent: 188 metres Time Taken: 1 hour Start Time: 14:30
Weather: Warm and sunny. 14C
Shorts and t-shirt was the attire for today as there was a bit of sunshine on my back and a return to warm weather – lovely it was too and what fantastic views this afternoon.
Hard Knott route map.
Grey Friar across Cockley Beck and Wrynose Bottom.
Ancient wall looking to Wrynose Pass.
Scafell from the first cairn on Border End.
A fabulous view of the Scafells from here.
Face off.
Casper and Dougal get an eyeful of Upper Eskdale.
The Scafells to Esk Pike to Bowfell.
Casper and Dougal and a fabulous backdrop.
Hard Knott is in the centre ground, Crinkle Crags beyond.
Esk Pike and that Pike de Bield path looks oh so easy from here.
The Scafells from Hard Knott.
England's finest, Scafell Pike.
Scafell panoramic.
The summit of Hard Knott complete with TV aerial.
Wrynose Bottom.
Looking down on the Wrynose Pass road.
I-spy Slight Side and Scafell.
Pool reflections looking toward the Coniston fells.
Hard Knott from the Duddon Valley.