The Northern Fells occupy a circular area about 10 miles in diameter. The centre is slightly lower, an area of upland grazing and marshland known as Skiddaw Forest. This name may be misleading since the only trees form the windbreak of Skiddaw House. This isolated building, was once a shepherd's bothy. It currently serves as a youth hostel. Skiddaw Forest stands at the head of the three major rivers of the Northern Fells. The Caldew, Dash Beck and the Glenderaterra. These streams divide the circular area into three distinct sections.
Start at the car park near the Field Studies Centre and head up the ridge over Bease Fell, onto Knowe Crags then onto the summit of Blencathra. We then headed down Scales Fell where we passed the other group and swapped keys and headed to the minibus at Scales
