The origins of this walk stem back to pre-covid times along with a few other walks that David, Rod and I are working through. After covid and once we were allowed back on the fells we each walked through our own personal 'to do list' which we'd compiled during lock down.
The Calf via Bowderdale cropped up again during the Winter of 2021/22 and it was agreed that once Spring arrived we'd finally tick it off the trio's own 'to do list'. Despite Rod having completed all the Howgill Fells by following Wainwrights footsteps it's been eight years since I last set foot on the Howgills and for David, today's walk was a first on the Howgills.
I can't help but feel a sense of arrogance when I pass the Howgills almost every weekend having never been lured to walk them, instead Lakeland had always been the greater call, more so after covid. Todays walked proved my ignorance as we took in the Bowderdale valley whilst being surrounded by rolling ridges to both our flanks, I think I can speak for all three of us that we were all taken aback by the solitude and the beauty of the Howgills on such a fine day. |