GLW2211 : Cloud on the Crinkles

Tuesday 23rd June 2022

There wasn’t any when we set off.  We could see all the hills in the upper Langdale Valley- round from Side Pike to Rossett Pike.  In fact it was a nice day with intermittent sunshine.  Just right for walking.

Being members, parking is free at the National Trust car park at the ODG but you have to present your membership card.  Strangely it doesn’t accept tick remover cards which is what first came to hand!

We headed up the Cumbria Way for a mile or so, remembering when we did it in 2008.  Ahead, the climb up Rossett Gill looked intimidating.  On the other hand, Cumbria Way's Stake Pass seemed much more benign, not that we wanted to go there today. 

Instead we crossed the bridge over Mickleden Back and turned back down the valley. 

What a year for meadow and hedgerow flowers.  Splendid displays. 

And a great view of Pike o’Stickle.

Having arrived back to the car park with plenty of time and some energy in hand we decided to continue across the fields.  The views were good but not spectacular.

At the NDG we turned back towards the car along the somewhat higher and more undulating Cumbria Way. The tops of the hills now directly in front of us were starting to be shrouded.

“It should be the title of a book,” said Margaret.  “You know, a follow up to that one your father liked”.  I knew what she meant.  Robert Neil’s “Mist over Pendle”.

Here is the sequel- Clare Orchard’s “Cloud on the Crinkles”.

Don, Tuesday 21^st June 2022

ODG = Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel    NDG= New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

GLW2211 :  4.3 miles, 458 feet

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