A calm night but mostly misty. I did look out about midnight to a clear and starry sky but the next time I looked it was back to mist. I packed up and was on my way by7:45am. I stopped briefly at the information pillar which shows what can be seen in the distance, but it wasn't much good to me in the mist. The next pillar was the trig point. It was of stone construction which is unusual as they are mostly cast in concrete. I followed the only obvious path on and my compass was round my neck for direction checks. It's not very reassuring wandering in the mist, on the only path and seeming to be going in a slightly wrong direction. I didn't fancy striking off across boggy moor land as that would have been too energy sapping A Coast to Coast way marker appeared but I knew I needed to keep straight on.

A shepherds hut near the
Yorkshire Cumbria border.

I kept going till I came to a cairn on the edge of an outcrop. Below I could see the road and realised I was too far east, which I had suspected. A steep and very boggy descent took me to the road where I wandered easily up to rejoin my planned route at the summit. The boundary markers are interesting as I was in Yorkshire and crossing over into Cumbria. A sticker on the Cumbria said Westmoreland. Looking back one sign said North Yorkshire and another Richmondshire. Obviously politicians have been at work here.

Cumbria / Westmorland

All these markers on the same boundary!

I left the road and headed SW to cross the flat ground before heading up to High Pike Hill. I came across a track which luckily was going my way. It headed steeply up and must have had some importance when made as some sections were built up on stone embankments. It seemed to head into some old quarry workings but higher up it continued as a quad bike track. I was now back in the mist but the track seemed to be taking me along the ridge of the hill, which is where I wanted to be. Crossing Lodge Hags was a strange experience as is was flat and featureless. I had nothing but my compass to guide me. I couldn't see any track across it so pressed on until the ground began to rise to High Seat and a small cairn. I'd rejoined the quad track and followed it to Gregory Chapel, which is just a pile of stones and I couldn't see any evidence of a building.

near Gregory Chapel

Base of Lady's Pillar (AP 1664)
AP represents Anne Countess of Pembroke
(from her second husband)

The weather started to clear a bit and Hugh Seat appeared in the distance. When I reached it some patches of sun had broken through and most of the surroundings were visible. A short way on is Lady's Pillar, another large cairn, but this one has an inscription and was a land boundary marker for Lady Anne Clifford. A bit further on was another smaller cairn and I here I searched out a suitable spot to camp. I pitched just below the ridge as the wind had started to pick up.

Looking towards Wild Boar Fell