Originally Posted by
Mike T
7.12 miles, 2,854 feet, 2 hours 58 minutes: Tilberthwaite - Steel Edge - Wetherlam - Black Sails - Black Sails Ridge - Kennel Crag - descending path to just above the cottages - Hole Rake - Tilberthwaite. Overcast, with high clouds; the occasional patch of blue sky; rather hazy. No significant wind, no rain; terrain dry and firm with good grip. Very few walkers about; three fellow runners seen.
2+2 layers were fine once I had warmed up - it was only 5 degrees C when I set off, 8 degrees C when I finished.
Wainwright, when he wrote his Book Four, seems to have been completely unaware of the existence of Steel Edge. He does suggest the Black Sails Ridge as a way up, but not as a way down in mist. I think ascending via Steel Edge and descending via the Black Sails Ridge is the best way to do Wetherlam.