Start point: Bowness Knott Car Park (NY 109 153)
Bowness Knott Car Park – Herdus – Great Borne – Starling Dodd – Little Dodd (Ennerdale) – Bowness Knott Car Park
Distance: 7.2 miles Total Ascent: 735 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Windy! 10°C.
The mountain weather forecast was for high winds today which would ‘make walking impossible’. Well, they were pretty much right with that one! All seemed so calm and tranquil at valley level too – I feared for Angus and Casper on the Great Borne ridge overlooking Ennerdale as they were getting blown around so much. That aside, I don’t think we did so bad with the weather really. It was good to have Angus back up on the high fells too; I think he had missed it.
Crag Fell and Anglers Crag across Ennerdale Water from the steep climb up to Herdus.
Looking to Floutern Cop, Hen Comb beyond, Mellbreak beyond that and Whiteside and Grasmoor beyond that! Once onto the flat top of Herdus, the wind was really strong - no, make that really, really strong!
I could hardly stand up and the two lightweights of the group were getting blown all over. Here's Angus standing his ground for a minute.
Still in strong wind up onto Great Borne. This photo looking to Gavel Fell was taken from the safety of the wind shelter - it was the only way I could keep the camera still!
Heading for Starling Dodd, beyond is Red Pike and the High Stile ridge.
Grasmoor manages to catch the only sunshine of the day.
Looking into Mosedale, Hen Comb to the left and Mellbreak to the right. In the distance are the Loweswater Fells.
Mellbreak with Grasmoor across Crummock Water.
A close-up of Grasmoor.
The cairns on Starling Dodd. Where was this photo taken from?...
...well, we were lying on the floor - of course!
Red Pike and High Stile over the small bump of Little Dodd where we made a hasty exit from the high ridge down to the right.
Robinson and Red Pike from Little Dodd.
Pillar, Scoat Fell and Steeple from the descent to Ennerdale.
Still windy on the descent, though not half as bad as it was up there.
A gloomy looking Pillar, Pillar Rock silhouetted below the cloud.
Ominous looking Green Gable and Great Gable at the head of Ennerdale
Ennerdale.
Crag Fell and Anglers Crag across Ennerdale Water just before the heavens opened - fortunately I was back in the car by then.