High Cup Nick & Murton Fell - A break from the Lakes

A break from the Lakes and a walk I've been intending for a while, a visit to High Cup Nick with a quick nip up Murton Fell. We had originally intended descending back to the road via Murton Pike but decided to return for another look at High Cup Nick coming back by Harbour Flatt - before returning to Dufton

The Pennine way leaves Town Head...

the sun rises to blue skies, an unusual sight this year...

lime kiln...

a good track so far...

first enticing glimpse of the escarpment & Murton Fell...

High Cup Nick...

a nice layer of snow...

& even nicer blue sky...

wind funnels up the Nick, comical looking terrier...

stone pillars...

impressive view...

looking down High Cup Nick, the wind funneled down causing one of the small waterfalls to flow uphill...

break in the cliffs, what would be our route of descent...

on the climb up Murton Fell the best views are back to the nick...

shelter for one...

curricks before we were enveloped in cloud...

Murton Fell's summit cairn complete with Cairn Terrier...

of course the sun came out as we left the summit...

back at the curricks, now with blue sky...

zoom to Great Dun Fell & the NATS radar station...

returning to High Cup Nick Head...

High Cup Nick...

slightly less impressive from below...

Murton Pike from the road back to Dufton...