Start point: Troutbeck (NY 409 032)
Troutbeck – Nanny Lane – The Hundreds – Wansfell – Wansfell Pike – Nanny Lane – Troutbeck
Distance: 3.7 miles Total Ascent: 350 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 45 minutes
Weather: Clearing with the odd shower. 8°C.
I ended up in a similar area to the walk I did earlier in the week, starting from Troutbeck up to Wansfell. It is a good little walk this and the views from lowly Wansfell are good. The weather turned out much better than I expected as it was raining with a really low cloud base at home – even Gummer’s How was not visible today when I went past. I know someone who wasn’t bothered what the weather did today though…

Pets Quarry on the slopes of Red Screes. The Kirkstone quarry slate is world renowned and the Kirkstone Green slate when polished is really beautiful, very tactile and organic. For the last month or so I have been using a piece as a mouse mat and it is absolutely fantastic, so good that I have had some made, inscribed with the StridingEdge.net logo. If you would like more details on how to get one and have a little piece of the Lake District at your fingertips, please let me know.

Looking along Stock Ghyll to the Kirkstone Pass which lies in the depression between Red Screes and Caudale Moor.