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| Clough Head summit looking over towards Lonscale Pike, Skiddaw and Blencathra. Dodd, the fell we walked up yesterday can be seen jutting out on the left. Hazy conditions today. |
A nice run out today taking in the Dodds from a less popular starting point. Cockley Moor is about a mile down the road towards Dowthwaitehead. Dowthwaitehead brought back memories of the GL3d from 2013. Very fond memories, after running down the road to Dowthwaitehead, I would start to follow the same path that we began the GL3d on before heading off towards Hart Side, the fell that I thought I had been to on Monday, only to realise further downhill that I had been to Whte Stones. When I got to Hart Side, I confess that I got my gps out to confirm I was where I thought I was but I was pretty sure I was as I remembered the cairn I rested behind the last time I was here.
From Hart Side I picked up a nice path up to Stybarrow Dodd. I looked left towards Raise and Helvellyn, still a bit of snow around and it was tempting to run along to Helvellyn and back but it was windy and I knew it would be more windy up there so I headed the other way over to Watson's Dodd and then on to Great Dodd. I had the option of a route back down to the car here but I decided to carry on to Clough Head, visiting Calfhow Pike on the way. From Clough Head, I found my way down to the Old Coach Road and carried on along it back to the car.
A bit windier than yesterday but still not bad at all and a nice 11 mile round.
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| down the road towards Dowthwaitehead |
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| Birkett Fell is a subsidiary of Hart Crag - here looking over Watermillock Common and Ullswater |
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| from Hart Side looking towards Stybarrow Dodd |
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looking back from the climb up Stybarrow Dodd to White Stones on the right and Hart Sid beyond on the left. I took the path around White Stones which was a great running track.
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| from Stybarrow Dodd looking West |
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| at Watson's Dodd looking back to Stybarrow Dodd. |
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| and up to Great Dodd |
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| at Great Dodd looking back across the Dodds to Helvellyn |
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| and north to Clough Head with Calfhow Pike in between |
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| from Calfhow Pike looking down to Thirlmere |
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| at Clough Head looking over to Blencathra |
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| down at the Old Coach Road after a rough descent down Clough Head. Wolf Crags ahead on the left. From here it was a nice easy two miles along this track back to the car |
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| looking back along the track to Clough Head |
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