BB1438 : An Interesting Day !

Wednesday 22nd October 2014

An interesting day!

No, that wasn't us.  The clue, of course, is in the word "interesting".  Yes, you've guessed, it was Bryan's typical understatement about his activities last weekend.  Our outing today was rather less demanding although, fearful of bad weather coming after noon, an early start was required.

Terry is now on the Wainwright trail (at least, I have told him he is) so the imminence of rain prompted us to tackle two of the lowest but nearest Ws:  Sour Howes and Sallows.

Windermere from Backstone Barrow

To make a change (for me) we tackled them from the west, along the Dubbs Road bridle path and then up via Backstone Barrow from which we could see the sad sight of the Troutbeck Queen's Head having its fire damage re[aired under a big tent.  After climbing a series of bumps we reached the somewhat non-descript summit of Sour Howes.

Looking up the Troutbeck Valley

I was quite prepared for the tops to be in thick clag but that was not the case.

Across the valley we could see Sallows but first we had to work our way round Moor Head.  

Sallows from Sour Howes

Sallows has an even more non-descript summit but does have some interesting shaped bumps on the way down to the Kentmere bridle path.

The descent from Sallows

We had made good progress so, having a bit of time in hand, we made our way back through High Borrans, passing a very old farmhouse, a more modern workshop in prime position for development, North Tyneside's High Borrans Outdoor Education Centre, Thirlmere Pipeline gates and Borrans reservoir.  

These were on paths I had not previously trodden but I shall return.

Scene from Borrans Lane

BOOTboys routes are put online in gpx format which should work with most mapping software. You can follow our route in detail by downloading bb1438 .

To discover which Wainwright top was visited on which BB outing - although it may not be that up to date - see: Which Wainwright When?

For the totals of the mileages and heights (ditto) see: BB Log.

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