Beckfoot to Shap summit

(In reverse again with another icy north wind behind me)

10.5 miles 2500ft

Setting off from the layby on the A6 at Shap summit

'The other Borrowdale' ie not the Lakeland one

Hucks Bridge crossing Borrow beck

Ashstead fell summit

Looking down into Borrowdale...

....and again

Kendal & Morecambe bay with Arnside Knot

Another view down to Hucks Bridge

Borrow beck again winding through the dale

There wasn't much warmth from the sun today

The Lakeland fells from Mabbin Crag summit

My next summit, 'Old High'....

....but first a walk through the plantation

More of the Lakeland fells from Old High....

....and Whinfell Common to the east....

....with Whinfell Beacon behind

The summit wind shelter next to the beacon

A final climb took me up to Grayrigg Forest summit with the M6 motorway  below

A last look up Borrowdale (The other one again!)...

....before the last stretch south, now with aching legs  back to Beckfoot

Day 5 of my Clapham to Cockermouth walk now completed after another challenging but wonderful day's walking.   

Sedbergh to Beckfoot.... 

(....in reverse, with a forecast of -12c arctic  wind from the north west I decided to do this walk starting from Beckfoot to have the strong cold wind behind me!)

10.5miles 2850ft

Leaving Beckfoot just before the sun rose over the Howgill fells....

....and again

One of the many railway viaducts in this area on the disused line to Tebay

Crossing the river Lune from west to east....

....with my first climb in the Howgills to a sunny 

White fell 

Crossing the river Lune

Climbing into the fells along Calf Beck

White fell again

Looking back west towards Beckfoot

Many minor ridges lead west off the main summit ridge

Killington lake next to the M6 services of the same name

The trig point on 'The Calf' the highest fell in the Howgills at 2218ft

Snow capped Lakeland fells were just visible on the horizon

The M6 motorway emerging from the 'Lune Gap'

Looking back along the ridge to The Calf from Calders summit

The first walkers I'd seen all day following on the path behind

Now on Winder my last summit of the walk where I finally stopped for lunch with a view to....

 Sedbergh my destination

My decision to walk Day 4 of my walk from Clapham to Cockermouth in reverse proved to be well worth it. The bitter cold north westerly wind was a least coming from behind which made it manageable. Unlike the lakeland fells there are no wind shelters in the Howgills..

A challenging day's walking but never the less very enjoyable and immensely satisfying

 Barbon to Sedbergh 

via Castle Knott & Calf Top

12miles 2500ft

Setting off from Barbon war memorial having had wreathes laid yesterday on Remembrance Sunday

Starting the ascent from  Barbondale to Castle Knott

Looking down on Barbon beck

Castle Knott summit cairn 1759ft..... 

.....with a rather ghoulish adornment!

Continuing along the ridge I could see across to where Bull Pot is found at the top of the valley opposite

Looking west down Barbondale....

.....and again

Now looking ahead to Calf Top 

Calf Top summit 2001ft with Dent village just visible

Looking into Dentdale

Lunch time with a distant view of Sedbergh and the Howgill fells

Sedbergh again from Holme Knott

Nearly there

Crossing Sedbergh golf course before.... 

descending to cross....

The river Rawthey

Entering Sedbergh....

....finishing my walk in the 'dead centre'

Day 3 of my Clapham to Cockermouth walk now completed.

It took a little while for the sun to finally break through today making a welcome change from the recent grey gloom.  A very enjoyable walk with some great views of the Dales