Brock Crags is one of those Wainwrights that show the list up to it's best. This fell is not on any other hill list, save for the overtly innocuous Birketts, and would no doubt be seldom visited if not for AW books. The view East from the neat summit taking in Brothers Water, Fairfield, St Sunday Crag, Hellvelyn and Ullswater is quite superb. The fact that the view to the west is nondescript matters not with such a scene on display.






Our next target was the notorious peat hag ridden Nab. There was quite a bit of boggy rough terrain to cover but in all honesty the journey wasn't too bad at all. If we'd come this way following a wet week in November I'm not sure my opinion would be the same however. We didn't linger on the plain summit adorned with a tiny cairn and re-crossed the Hags to the steep ascent up to the days high point.



Rest Dodd is certainly well named if climbed this way because there will be few who are not ready for a sit down following the steep pull up to the twin cairned top. The views were lovely from here with great clarity providing a sighting of the hills of southern Scotland.


Descent was quick and easy with the only worry concerning the location of the herd of free range cattle who had done the decent thing and found a nice pasture away from the path.



This was an enjoyable walk on a perfect day with the added satisfaction of ticking off The Nab. a fell that quite often gets awkwardly left till one of the last fells of the round by many.