A lovely afternoon walk from Whinlatter Forest Centre starting with soup in the Siskins cafe and then following the forest paths, the green trail, through the autumnal trees. As the trail reached open ground, we took the path, at junction 53, heading upwards towards Ullister Hill and contoured round the top of the forrest to the right. As the main path headed bck into the trees we took the faint path, still skirting the forest towards the mound. Here the track became very muddy but we managed to negotiate our way with Lord's Seat ahead of us. Soon we rejoined the path from the forest which,in hind site we could have taken at junction 53 and and avoided the mud.
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| Barf from Lord's Seat |
Instead of skirting to the right under Lord's Seat (as we had already bagged this summit) we decided to climb to the top to enjoy the wonderful views over to the Skidaw Range and to the south, Grisdale Pike and it's companions. The weather was clear, the trees a golden brown and very few walkers around, just a couple comming off Barf heading towards us, and in the distance a couple heading towards Broom Fell.
A relatively short but muddy descent then an even shorter ascent took us up to the summit of Barf.
The return was south west off the summit down across the ghyll to reenter the forrest and eventually rejoin the green trail back to the car park.
Time 3hrs
Grade Excellent
Memories
- Autumnal colours
- Good weather
- Very quiet
Completed 121 To go 93
