Steven's Blog: Killhope Law

Distance: 3.11 miles
Total Time: 1 hour 21
Time Moving: 1 hour 6
Average Speed: 2.53 mph

I decided last night that I was going to be too tired to get up early enough for the lakes. I still wanted to walk somewhere and I wanted to check out a route up to Killhope Law as part of a larger walk in the future.

The walk up, again was easier than I expected and I ran a few flat bits. The reason I needed to check the route out was because I was intending to walk over some land that doesn't have any official footpaths over it but it is Open Access land. Walking over this area was quite hard going and fairly dangerous because the heather covered a lot of very deep holes. One I fell down was as deep as my leg, which could of been very nasty (luckily I was fine). This is an occasion when maybe a walking pole would of come in handy to check the ground before stepping on it.

When I got to the top I was greeted by fantastic views for as far as the eye could see in every direction, this was unexpected. I could clearly see Great Dunn (with golf ball), Little Dunn and Cross Fell. To the North I could see for maybe 70 miles (at a guess). I took some pictures but unfortunately they don't look very good and just can't show the distances the views went on for.

I ran along the tops, then headed back over the moor land and down to wood at Carriers Hill. I ran down through the wood back to the car. The GPS lost the signal in the wood on the way back which is why the route looks different.

I would certainly recommend anyone in the area to walk up to Killhope Law on a fine day for some fantastic views :-)