Its amazing how the memory fades but after a few years and now returning to the round it seems there are some different (better) lines?
previously I took a line from Skiddaw in the direction of Hare Crag and at the low point before a slight rise to hare Crag summit, I would cut left and skirt via a vague trod around Hare Crag. I repeated this recently and it was horrendous and there seemed to be no trod anymore? o most people now follow the trod over the summit of Hare Crag and join the ascent of Great Calva at the stream/Cumbria Way junction?.

From Great Calva is it still best (as far as trods are concerned to follow the fence line down and then just near the bottom where it steepens, cross the fence and follow some zig zags down to the stream before following this to the big bend in the Calder?

I still havent found the parachute. I dont mind Halls and can doit in about 25 mins. is the parachute worth pursuing and if so how far down Halls Fell do you o before you hit it. There seems to be a good scree shoot down to the right about 100m from the summit as Halls Fel narrows?

At Grizedale tarn I always went to the East bank/col and then up Fairfield, but I keep reading reports of people taking the western side to the col. is there anything in it?