On Midsummer's Day 1745, 26 people said they watched a ghostly army marching along the ridge of Souther Fell, yet no footprints were found next day. This quiet eastern outlier of Blencathra is almost ringed by the River Glenderamackin, and is joined to other high ground only at the col of Mousthwaite Comb. The top is a simple rocky high point, and to the east the view runs out unbroken to the Pennines.
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Ordovician mudstone, siltstone and greywacke of the Skiddaw Group, smooth and grassy with scree on the west.
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Also on this route: Blencathra, Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Mungrisdale Common
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
