Barf from near Beckstones. My route was direct, up the scree slope seen here above the house roof and up to the white mark on the fell "The Bishop" and then basically straight up.

After parking up we headed through the wood to find this, "The Clerk" a pinnacle of rock painted white set amongst the trees and bracken.

The route ahead, a testing steep ascent over loose scree to The Bishop. The path now goes to the left of the rock unlike in AW's route description.

This pinnacle of rock has been painted white and can be seen from some distance.

Higher up the scree gully looking down the route we had just come.

The solitary Rowan tree which AW described- including the initials.

Skiddaw across Bassenthwaite Lake.

A profusion of Bilberries ripe for picking.

AW's route actually passes just above these two trees. Now the way is getting overgrown and has fallen out of regular use. The way now goes directly up over Slape Crag involving a little "hands on" work.

Soon we are on Barf summit and this fine view of the lake and Binsey.

Top dog! and the summit cairn?? Lord's Seat behind where we are heading.

The north-western fells form Lord's Seat and just enough breeze to lift Zeta's ears. From here we descended alongside the Beckstones plantation fence.

Barf and the Skiddaw hills.

Once in the forest we followed the new forestry road before heading down towards the falls of Beckstones Gill.

The route descends by a woodland path and now over this small rockface which in A.W's description is bypassed.

Now much lower down we are under the scree slope we ascended earlier.

 And back to the car parked near the old Swan Hotel now a private residence.

Not a long route today but still enough to tidy up some of the "targets" that I needed.