Sun 31 Jul - Skiddaw via Little Man and Carl Side

Leader: Mel
Car Parking: Latrigg Car Park at the end of Gale Road from Ormathwaite NY281253
Start / Finish: Latrigg Car Park
Meet Time: 9.15am
Start Time: 9.30am
Description: Circular route on well marked paths, steep sections on both the ascent and descent. (This walk is unreccied)
Route: At the end of car park we turn left through the gate and follow the wall on our left. The wall becomes a fence and we follow it as it bears left. We pass a memorial to two shepherds and continue to follow the zigzag path steeply uphill. When we come to a fence we turn left uphill then at the cairn we turn right and follow the path to the summit of Little Man. From the top we head forwards slightly right downhill. At the fence we bear left uphill and keep following the path as it turns right towards the trig point on the summit of Skiddaw. From the top we retrace our steps for a few hundred yards to a cairn on our right we turn right here very steeply downhill towards two small ponds. The path is stony with shale so care must be taken. At the ponds the path splits into two we take the left path uphill to the cairn on the summit of Carl Side. From the top we start to go downhill very steep in places. We walk to the left hand side of the White Stones and keep heading downhill through a wall. We keep following the path downhill until we arrive at a house and some trees at Millbeck. We go through a gate next to the trees and follow the narrow path. At the end we turn right and then turn left at the road. We follow the road bearing left at the y-junction. Now with the houses of Applethwaite on our right we keep heading forwards over the bridge at a gill. At the next y-junction with a hotel on the left we bear left signposted Skiddaw. We now just follow this road uphill back to the car park.
Ascent: Approx 850m
Distance: Approx 7miles
Time: Approx 5 hours
Grade: Strenuous

Please let Mel know in advance by 4.00 pm on Saturday if you are coming on this walk - text 07584303975 email meggleton9@hotmail.com. (I will be out of signal area after 4pm so likely will not receive any messages sent after this)