Start point: Kiln Bank Cross (SD 215 933)
Kiln Bank Cross – Park Head Road – Brock Barrow – Long Mire – Caw (OF) – Park Head Road – Kiln Bank Cross
Distance: 3.5 miles Total Ascent: 300 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Cold and clear. 2°C
It was almost unexpected today for the weather to turn so good so suddenly. The sun came out when I was booting up (footwear, not PC!) and stayed throughout the walk. The wind though was a really cold northerly – an icy blast. We bumped into Oscar the Beardie at the start, a regular on these fells and one we have seen a good few times before. As you can imagine, there was fur and wagging tails everywhere! By the end of the walk it was snowing really heavily and the high fells certainly had a good fall of new snow on them. Is this the resurgence of winter?

"...look at the mighty Caw, this pyramid, this mountain, this fell of fells. From the vale of the Duddon the Bearded fellows will unite with the fell-ninja, rise to the top and cast asunder all ye below..." extract from The Legend of Beenson Toste

As soon as I arrived at Kiln Bank Cross, the sun came out and the sky was blue. This is looking up to Stickle Pike from the road, but we headed the other way towards Caw this morning.