no parking at all now on the verge at the start of the path

poor parking by the phone box near the road junction

the A595 now very uninviting for walking so I cheated by being picked up at Dyke

Stainton Tower from the foot of the minor road

the start of the track to Grange Farm with Stainton Pike ahead

the ancient enclosure looking to the sea ..

.. and looking to Stainton Pike

the lowest falls on the approach to Rowantree Gorge

looking down the gorge from below Rowantree Force

Rowantree Force with Stainton Pike beyond

a close up of the upper falls

looking down the gorge from above Rowantree Force

an easy crossing point above the falls

Stainton Pike could now be approached direct as there is no barbed wire ..

.. and no gate as one approaches Holehouse Tarn

Stainton Pike summit cairn

looking back to Holehouse Tarn with Whitfell beyond

Harter Fell from Stainton Pike

the Esk estuary from Stainton Pike

White Pike from Stainton Pike

descending towards The Knott with Muncaster Fell beyond

Whin Rigg and Illgill Head from The Knott

the cairn on The Knott and the Esk estuary from the highest point

Stainton Pike from the cairn on The Knott

White Pike from the "city" of Barnscar

awful going on the public footpath looking back to White Pike, The Knott and Stainton Pike

the walled track to Dyke with Black Combe in the distance

oak beside the track above Dyke