The Western Fells form the southern wall of the Buttermere valley and the northern fence of Wasdale. Between the two lies Ennerdale so that in effect the group is the shape of a single horseshoe, each branch about 10 miles in length. At the head of Ennerdale stands Great Gable. The southern arc of the group travels due west from Great Gable, the main ridge consisting of Kirk Fell, Pillar, Scoat Fell, Haycock and Caw Fell.
With temptations of a bothy too much to resist, we set out once more on a similar route to before, this time crossing the river in the valley and ascending the opposite bank in on the promise of a second bothy on the other side of the valley, as we knew the Dubbs Quarry hut was occupied. We walked without headlamps on, as the full moon illuminated the entire valley, even casting shadows when at its brightest between clouds which were now breaking apart and moving at great speeds. As we approached more technical terrain it became necessary to use lights to maintain safety with foot placement becoming more imperative (and being off-balance becoming increasingly consequential). We successfully navigated to the newly identified bothy, and were disappointed to discover it was also occupied, with a rather unfriendly solo walker who totally blanked us. Maybe his intention was to make us move on - he was successful if that was the case! We continued out into the dark and picked our way back to Dubb's Quarry Bothy and the pair of walkers we had met and chatted to earlier in the day. 
