Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
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.
I know (knew) that area really well, as a friend used to own one of the little cottages you mentioned. A one-up-one-down. Eventually it was sold to a holiday lets company, who sold it again last year for over £300K !!! Basically, it was my introduction to the Lakes in the early 1980s. We often use to get the train from London up to Oxenholme and cycle to Coppermines, staying many a Christmas and New Year. with occasional weeks in the spring or autumn. Eeeee.. Halcyon days