hello all first post so be gentle please!! me and the old hound parked up at mardale car-park(FREE PARKING IN THE LAKE DISTRICT WHAT'S THE WORLD COMING TOO?)and set off up gatescarth pass and over to harter fell, brilliant views over haweswater across the top of the rigde and luckily the wind was coming from the east as it literally blew me into the fence. We trampled on over the rigde of black john hole then to mardale ill bell too highstreet returning via kidsy pike. this route gave stunning views over most of the lake district and although no golden eagles where spotted I did see some interesting tadpoles. my old hound (bess) thoroughly enjoyed it but was disappointed with the lack of sandwiches as there are no real cairns for people to picnic at.I have also walked highsteet from hartsop via the knott and backdown via the beacon, but would recommend the harter hill route however hound prefers the hartsop route as a kindly gent gave her some cheese sandwich at the beacon both routes are not overtaxing but make a good day out on the fells
(Written by: fellhound)