Lee Macaulay

Benson Knott

#fellwalking, #cumbria,
The view from Kendal towards Benson Knott
The view from Kendal towards Benson Knott

It was mostly commuters and school pupils on the morning 555 bus I caught, before changing to the X6 towards Workington outside Booths in Keswick.

Stopping off at what was once the Swan Hotel, I was perfectly positioned to begin a steepish climb to Barf, via Beckstones Gill and not the rock scree watched over by the Bishop of Barf.

Stopping off at what was once the Swan Hotel, I was perfectly positioned to begin a steepish climb to Barf, via Beckstones Gill and not the rock scree watched over by the Bishop of Barf.

Stopping off at what was once the Swan Hotel, I was perfectly positioned to begin a steepish climb to Barf, via Beckstones Gill and not the rock scree watched over by the Bishop of Barf.