Broughton Mills to Caw
DAY 1
1 SD222905 From the village hall, head north down the road, fork left at a junction, cross a bridge and fork left again down a minor road veering north-west for Green Bank. Turn right and take the bridleway north-north-west, marked ‘Duddon Valley 2¼ miles’ at a fingerpost sign. Climb along the western edge of Penny Crag Woods, go through a gate and continue north-west alongside a drystone wall before veering west. Fork right, sticking to the bridleway, and continue west along the walled, grassy lane. Go through a gate, pass a barn and, beyond another gate, arrive at open fell side at Hovel Knott. Turn left and follow the wall as it performs a wide loop around the base of a craggy peak. As you emerge to the east of a hump with a spot height of 222m, fork right off the bridleway and head north on a grassy path through the bracken. Arriving due west of Great Stickle, you could take a direct line due east over pathless slopes, but a more established path continues north and north-east to a little col before swinging south-east and ascending gentler terrain to Great Stickle’s trig pillar.
2 SD211915 Take a grassy trod north and descend gently towards a hollow, bypassing to the right of Tarn Hill. Veer left around this wet, marshy hollow – the source of Red Moss Beck – and continue north, forking right towards Hare Hall Beck and the base of Stickle Pike. Merging with a path joining from the left, veer right and take the wide grassy rake heading to the east of Stickle Pike’s craggy cone. The mountain is welldefended by crag and rock, so continue further north than initially seems necessary, before turning left at a small cairn and climbing a steep, obvious path south-west to the summit.
3 SD212927 Descend back to the small cairn and continue north-east, forking left past Stickle
Tarn.
Arrive at
Kiln
Bank Cross road, cross it and pick up the bridleway signed ‘Seathwaite 2 miles’. This heads east towards large spoil heaps of slate before veering sharp left and heading north and north-east on the Park Head Road path. Pass to the right of Brock Barrow and descend briefly to cross Old Park Beck. After the beck, fork immediately right and head south-east on a well-trodden path. Veer left off the main path, towards the base of craggier ground, and pick up a faint trod ascending east and north-east. It is indistinct underfoot but the terrain, while steep and craggy in places, is relatively easy to negotiate. Arrive at Caw’s trig pillar and find a flat patch of grass near the summit for your wild camp.