A walk up the ancient Garburn Road to the summit of Sallows and Sour Howes.  I have done this walk twice now and in similar weather conditions - cloudy with the hint of rain showers.  It is a walk to do when low cloud would spoil a walk to the higher fells.

Route: Starting from Church Bridge where there is parking for several cars, use a bridleway on the other side of the main road to ascend the fell side to join the ancient Garburn Road.  Pass through the disused Applethwaite quarry and continue up the track to a point near Garburn Pass.  Cross the fence via  a stile and follow the substantial wall to a point where a simple stroll up the fell leads to the summit of Sallows.  Descend to the wall and cross it, following a path through grass to the summit of Sour Howes.  A narrow path leads south-west off the fell back to the Garburn Road and thence back to the starting point.

Cloud covers the higher far eastern fells today

The only sun I saw all day on the Wansfell ridge

Looking back down Troutbeck valley

Troutbeck Tongue in the foreground is a 'Wainwright' fell

By taking a diversion to the right off the track the disused Applethwaite quarry may be visited

Higher up the fell, the track becomes very stony
The ancient Garburn Road was a drove road linking other roads at Ambleside and Longsledddale

What do you know?  The cloud lifts off the Kentmere fells!

Beattie at the summit of Sallows

Looking towards Sour Howes from Sallows
The lake in the background is Windermere

Looking back to Sallows under grey skies

Recumbent Beattie on Sour Howes
One of her 'I'm very bored with summit photographs' poses

The summit of Sour Howes

A view of Windermere on the descent

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Photographs taken with a Fuji MX-2900 Zoom or a Canon EOS 20D
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