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| The walk starts from a parking area at Beckside Farm on the A595 road |
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| A gate to the left of the farm gives access to a field path which is a Right of Way |
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| The path over Cross Bank avoids the danger of walking back along the A595 |
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| Looking over towards White Hall Knott and White Combe |
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| The path rejoins the A595 at the Fox and Goose Cottages |
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| Another ROW footpath starts to the left of the cottages |
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| The footpath rises to a gate at the top of the field which gives access to a sunken lane which runs between the hedgerows |
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| The sunken lane |
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| White Hall Knott comes into view on emerging from the trees |
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| A gate gives access to the open fellside below White Hall Knott |
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| Above the gate a droveway path begins a rising traverse across the southern slopes of White Hall Knott |
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| The upper Whicham Valley from the droveway |
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| Hook Knott across the slopes of White Hall Knott |
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| Millom Park across the Whicham Valley |
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| Midway along the droveway path |
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| Looking back along the lower part of the Whicham Valley |
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| The Coniston Fells come into view |
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| The Duddon Estuary and Millom Park |
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| At the end of the long rising traverse the droveway turns slightly to the west before climbing up to a shoulder behind White Hall Knott |
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| The Coniston Fells |
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| The summit ridge of White Combe comes into view |
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| The Duddon Estuary and Walney Island |
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| The droveway passes to the east of White Combe's summit. Look for very faint path which turns off it to the left and heads directly towards the summit |
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| Black Combe from the climb to White Combe |
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| White Hall Knott from the climb to White Combe |
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| The Coniston Fells over the summit ridge of Gray Stones |
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| The Duddon Estuary from the path to White Combe |
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| Approaching the summit of White Combe |
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| The Coniston Fells from just below the summit of White Combe |
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| The summit cairn on White Combe |
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| A few yards to the west of the main cairn is another tiny one |
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| The Furness Peninsula across the Duddon Estuary from the summit of White Combe |
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| Walney Island from the summit of White Combe |
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| Black Combe from the summit of White Combe |
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| Stoupdale Head from the summit of White Combe |
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| The Coniston Fells from the summit of White Combe |
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| We continue on from the summit cairn towards Whitecombe Head |
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| Black Combe from the path to Whitecombe Head |
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| Looking back to the summit of White Combe |
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| Looking over to Stoupdale Crags. The path to Whitecombe Head divides, take the left branch which will intercept a clear path rising out of the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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| Joining the Whitecombe Beck valley path |
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| The path leading down to the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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| Black Combe across the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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| The path is another droveway similar to the one used for the ascent |
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| Looking back along the upper section of the path |
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| After descending for 250 yards the path begins to zig zag down a steeper slope |
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| Whitecombe Head from the steep descent |
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| Looking across the steep slope towards Walney Island |
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| The path turns again and continues down towards the Horse Back ridge to cross a footbridge over Whitecombe Beck |
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| Looking back to Whitecombe Head |
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| Looking down on the footbridge at the foot of Horse Back ridge |
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| Hentoe Hill from the path down to the footbridge |
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| The footbridge over Whitecombe Beck |
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| Looking down the valley from the footbridge |
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| Swine Crag on Whitehall Knott |
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| Millom Park from near the the foot of the valley |
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| Looking back along the Whitecombe Beck valley |
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| The path re-crosses Whitecombe Beck to a gate which marks the limit of the Open Access Land |
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| Looking back to White Combe from the Open Access land gate |
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| A stile gives access to a farm track above Whicham Mill |
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| Passing Whicham Mill |
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| The track continues alongside Millhaw Wood past Ralliss Farm to join the A595 road directly opposite the car parking area beside Beckside Farm |
