Back O' Skidda

Now that we are back to some more reasonable temperatures and Breeze's feet have nicely healed, a walk in the fells seems like a good idea. We have to pick carefully though as we need to get those pads hardened gradually, so we need lots of grass and not too much stone. The best place for that has to be the Uldale Fells. Less than 15 miles from home. Pretty undiscovered (Quiet) and just the right sort of terrain for a dog with delicate paws. We used to bring Hattie here when we were on our hols when her feet started to bother her.

First we headed up Longlands Fell and onto Lowthwaite Fell, with a view across Over Water (right of  picture) and Bassenthwaite (in the distance above Breeze). It was a lovely temperature, with the sun coming and going and a brisk breeze (!)

This area is known as 'Back O' Skidda' because it is (wait for it) behind Skiddaw. Seen here on the skyline

It has always been an area that we have enjoyed, it's reliably quiet, even in the height of the tourist season.

From Lowthwaite Fell we headed across Broad Moss onto Little Sca Fell. Breeze had a quick climb to the top of the cairn, before we headed onto Great Sca Fell

Then it was down hill for a while, and a short incline up to Meal Fell, followed by a descent into Trusmadoor and then the final climb up to Great Cockup, the last grassy mound seen here in the top left of the picture

Then, off piste we headed down to follow the river Ellen from it's source for a short while until we joined the track alongside Longlands Beck to take us back to the car.

Just short of 7 mile, just over 2500 feet of ascent, and four completely intact paws by the end of the day.