Start point: Tom Gill Car Park (NY 321 999)

Tom Gill Car Park – Tarn Hows – Black Crag  – Tarn Hows – Tom Gill Car Park

Distance: 4 miles     Total Ascent: 300 metres     Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes

Weather: Grey and overcast. 5ºC.

There were dull, grey skies this morning and all views from the fells were obliterated by the clouds. All was peace and tranquillity at Tarn Hows, that well known and often visited beauty spot, when I arrived first thing. The silence was deafening and there wasn’t even an Angus-bark to break it!