Start point: Peter House Farm (NY 249 323)
Peter House Farm – Dash Farm – White Hause (526) – Little Calva – Great Calva – Skiddaw house – Sale How (527) – Skiddaw – Hare Crag (528) – Whitewater Dash – Peter House Farm
Distance: 11.6 miles Total Ascent: 1100 metres Time Taken: 5 hours
Weather: Overcast with the odd sunny spell. 9°C
Well, at least it wasn’t raining today! It turned out to be quite a pleasant day, more than a bit breezy but there was some sunshine around but it was great to be back up on the high fells again with a few Birkett humps and bumps taken in for good measure.
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Great Cockup in the morning sun with Brockle Crags prominent to the right with its distinctive white stones.
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Following the Skiddaw House track to Dash Farm. The first objective today is White Hause, the grassy hump in the middle, to the left of and above Dash Farm.
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A break in the cloud cover on the climb to Skiddaw summit with the sunrays over Derwent Water and Keswick through the low ceiling of cloud.