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

 A circuit from Cat Bells

Cat Bells, Bull Crag & Maiden Moor

Return by Nitting Haws & Derwentwater

9miles 2650ft

Starting the climb over Skelgill bank to Cat Bells 

A very misty Causey Pike across Newlands valley

Derwentwater but no sign of Keswick today in the mist

Cat Bells summit appears through the cloud

You're seldom alone on the summits even in early morning cloud

The summit view finder not much use today! 1480ft

A closer look at what might have been seen, use your imagination!

However when I arrived at Bull Crag things were looking up!!!

The cloud was rising slowly out of the Newlands valley creating some dramatic views....

....and again

Looking straight down off the crags

I then turned east across the ridge to Maiden Moor for a view of my route down past Nitting Haws into Borrowdale

More cloud rising now out of Borrowdale....

....and again

The village of Grange and Derwentwater

Lunch time on an island in the stream

Castle Crag silhouetted in the 'Jaws of Borrowdale' 

Looking back to Nitting Haws

Finally, resting awhile on the path back to the car above Derwentwater

No sign of the sun today but none the worse for that.

This was a wonderful circular walk with some dramatic views and a great descent over Nitting Haws.

One useful tip. I found it much better to follow the path on the line of the two cairns at Nitting Haws rather than the path on most OS maps!