[1] START Take path on R by the end of the lane at Sadgill, via a small gate, and climb north-east up steep grass slopes. Cross the stream cutting through the field to cross ladder stile leading to open access land.

[2] Continue ahead, via a gully leading north to a wall, turn R and go L over ladder stile. A faint path continues north-northeast for 400m to the minor summit of Great Howe. The first of the survey pillars (this one was built from concrete) can be seen by walking east for 50m. Walk north-northeast for 500m to a fence, passing damp ground to the east of Galeforth Gill, and cross another ladder stile. Continue east, uphill through a shallow gully between low crags, to reach the cairn on top of Grey Crag.

[3] The survey pillar on Tarn Crag can now be seen to the north-west, but initially walk north for 230m to the corner of a fence. Turn L and follow fence across a marshy depression known as Greycrag Tarn – there is no standing water here, but the land is usually wet underfoot. Leave fence and walk west for 400m to small cairn on Tarn Crag and admire adjacent stone-built pillar, which gives every impression it was built to last.

[4] Follow path leading north from top to meet fence on R after 300m. Continue downhill, now in a north-west direction, cross stile over fence running at right angles, and walk downhill, keeping fence on R to descend to the broad col linking Longsleddale with lonely Mosedale.

[5] Cross the pass, trying to avoid the patches of wet peat, and continue north up the slopes of Branstree, with fence on R. The fence soon bends north-west and meets a wall; continue uphill, over Selside Brow, to reach plateau-like top after 1km. Cross the stile by junction of wall and fence to reach true summit where, unusually, the trig point by a small cairn is a circular marker set at ground level – this is easily obscured after snowfall. The third stone pillar can be seen approximately 650m to the north-east, close to a couple of tiny tarns.

[6] Leave Branstree by walking south-west, with fence on L, to descend moorland slopes to the obvious track at the top of Gatescarth Pass. Turn L through gate and follow track for 4km as it descends into Longsleddale and continues south, over the stone bridge at Brownhowe Bottom, to return to Sadgill.