Direct to the top.

Today was a fell day. The weather forecast was for low cloud but as I had arranged to walk with a companion today I was really obliged to head west. As it was, our late start proved fortunate as by the time we set off the low cloud had actually dispersed. The idea was to re-visit the summit of Blencathra but this time via a new route to me, Hall's Fell. This proved to be an interesting and sometimes exciting ridge route with the added bonus that it is relatively quiet.

Once at the top of the fell we had a look down onto the classic ridge of Sharp Edge before descending back to Threlkeld via Doddick Fell, another of Blencathra's fine ridges. Many walkers "claim" Blencathra by a one off ascent up Sharp Edge but in my opinion they are missing out on some of the best features of one of the Lake District's finest fells.