20th August 2007

I was joined by the aged parent today and we decided to do some tidying up of some smaller fells in the far east. We chose to begin with Sour Howes (1568 ft) which we tackled from Kentmere where we were lucky enough to find a parking space by the beautiful church.

We headed up along the Garburn Pass (where we saw some nutters carrying bikes up just to cycle back down again) and took a stile which led us along a ridge and onto the summit. It was clear but blustery and we didn't hang around but headed quickly across to Sallows (1691 ft) from where there were some cracking views. Again it was very cold but we had a quick lunch and then headed back to the car.

We then drove over to Troutbeck and took a stomach crunching walk up Nanny Lane and along a wall for a while until we found the wall which took us up onto Wansfell (1597 ft). We found a much better path, which was more direct, on the way down and so we were back at the car in no time at all.

There was then lengthy discussions about going on to do Troutbeck Tongue but we decided that we just didn't have the time and so we headed back home.

New Fells: Sour Hows, Sallows, Wansfell.