We had a great walk the other Sunday, parking in the pull-in just beyond the bend at Helwith Bridge.
Approached Pen Y Ghent from the South and then continued along to Plover Hill, sheltering behind the walls for a snack before dropping off the back and following the track anti-clockwise.
Luckily all the boggy bits had all but dried up across the top path between the summits. The path between the two tops was a lot quieter than Pen Y Ghent summit
- which was heaving.
The wind was pretty gusty which I don't mind physically but I struggle to hear when there is a continuous roar like a jet engine. It also lulled us into thinking it was cooler than it really was. I didn't realise until in the car on the way home when I became aware that my face was tingling ! By the time I reached home I was a nice shade of red. Not to worry because it all peeled off a few days later.
We stopped off at Hull pot and enjoyed the chasm for a while as well as the remnants of our lunch and then headed back to Horton.
After partaking of the loos at the car park we went down to the river and followed that back to Helwith.
With a few detours the Viewranger said it was about 12 miles. It was a leisurely pace with lots of stops for photos and a lot of catching up to be done as two of our party have moved on to pastures new and we see less of each other than we used to. It took just short of 6 hours in total, but actual walking time was probably closer to 4 than 5 hours.
I'll dig the photos out and post a couple.