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.
A walk from Scales in good visibility towards Doddick fells ridge becoming increasingly cloudy as we ascended the ridge until completely in the cloud as we reached the top of the ridge then ascended the slope to the top of Blencathra the plan had been to continue down to the col between Blencathra massif and Bannerdale crags with the poor weather and the group now not keen we descended down to Scales tarn leaving the cloud and poor visibility and moved onto Scales fell and then down to the path and then back down to Scales group pleased with the effort.
