very poor parking at the start from the A595 but fortunately I was dropped here

the start of the walk with the valley of Holegill Beck ahead

with all the recent rain the crossing of Holegill Beck was quite awkward

the ruins of Hall Foss

looking back down the path to Hall Foss

Bootle from the ascent path

the coastline northwards from the path

zooming in on the Esk estuary and Eskmeals viaduct

very vague views eastwards from Black Combe summit

dropping out of the mist on the south ridge of Black Combe

zooming in on Walney Island

the descent path from Black Combe

looking down the valley of Townend Gill

on the descent path with Silecroft below

further down the path

Lowscale Fell from the lower slopes of Black Combe

the lower part of the descent path

zooming in on Silecroft, a windfarm and very faint distant offshore windturbines

looking back from the church to what would be the start of an ascent from here

Wicham Church

the school, where AW recommends parking, is now a private house

there is parking by this sign on the A595 south of the church