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Right behind the small car park is Hardknott Gill and Jubilee Bridge and in no time at all after crossing them you find yourself on open fellside.

I guess the bridge must have been built (or possibly re-built) in the same year as the Queen's silver jubilee. I was still at school at the time so it's safe to say none of this was of any interest.

Not long after setting out you get fantastic views down the length of Eskdale, , ,

, , , and back towards Upper Eskdale and the higher Lakeland fells.

A rather hazy view across to Green Crag.

Approaching Harter Fell's craggy summit.

Harter Fell is perfectly situated to give superb views in all directions, and although most of the fells you see are much higher, Harter Fell feels no less impressive. This picture shows Dow Crag and Coniston old Man, ,

, , while in the opposite direction, you see a host of fells including Haycock, Pillar, Scafell, Scafell Pike and Esk Pike.

A view down to Cockley Beck and Wrynose Bottom. The fell on the right of the picture is Grey Friar.

Given what this area can be like, I thought I'd done well by getting this far and staying quite dry. All was about to change though; by the time I got to the top of Hardknott Pass I was soaked to the knees and dripping mud off the bottom of my trousers. I suppose it is an occupational hazard when you don't stick to the paths so I can't really blame anyone but myself.

The smaller of the two tarns found close to the top of Hardknott Pass.

Those were the days.

This is the flat (ish) area of ground found just above the fort. It is believed to have been the parade ground for the Roman soldiers stationed here. It is also thought that the area is man made, and if this is the case, those Romans certainly knew what they were doing, because as flat as it is, the while area was bone dry.

"So, , , apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us"?
"Built parade grounds that don't flood"

Looking back across to Hardknott Pass.

Inside the fort now and looking towards Slight Side, Scafell, Scafell Pike and Ill Crag.

Border End, seen from inside the fort.