I was expecting the wind to get up during the night but it wasn't too bad. Light rain fell and the cloud rolled in making for a dismal start. I delayed until after 9 before setting off but there was no improvement. I headed for the trig point then took the minor path to the North West. This is another case of the Ordnance Survey shooting themselves in the foot by obliterating important detail by covering it with a pointless wide green marker for the park boundary. Who cares? It’s a meaningless line that serves no purpose to the walker. I had to navigate by compass and the terrain was not the easiest to navigate over. I came to Bush Howe and started a steep wet descent to a saddle which I remembered from a previous walk some years ago. A path crossed at right angles but I knew I had to go straight on and steeply up to Breaks Head. I needed to leave the ridge and descend to Blackethwaite Bottom but I wasn't sure where. A cairn loomed out of the mist indicating that I'd gone to far. I set off on a compass bearing towards my objective and headed down.

Great Ulgill Beck sheepfold.

Above Tebaygill Beck, about all I saw today.

I was descending diagonally which made it difficult and eventually came to a deep ravine with a river in the bottom. It was Great Ulgill Beck and after descending into it I came to the sheepfold shown on the map. A faint trail took my down until I reached the misty Blakethwaite Stone. This is another area where the fantastic work of the surveyors has been obliterated by the morons who decide what width and colour the boundary lines should be. The weather continued miserable as I climbed slowly up to Uldale Head. The weather forecast had said that it would brighten later but I couldn't see any sign. I had some rough ground to cross to my planned camp and I couldn't see a thing other than my compass. Crossing the featureless terrain I crossed several bogs and finished up descending to Tebaygill Beck in sqelchy boots. I reached my destination and found the track on the map was nothing more than a drainage channel to collect the water off the fell. A thoroughly wet misty and miserable stage.