Brace yourselves for a 6-mile Howgill ridge walk today, starting with a steep ascent. Hopefully it will be clear so that when you reach ‘The Calf’ (676m) you will be in a position to appreciate the views of the Pennine Hills, such as Wild Boar Fell, Cross Fell, the Orton Fells and Sunbiggen Tarn. Then there’s the Lakeland fell skyline and back towards The Three Peaks, from whence you have come! Watch out for the feral ponies that roam around the hills all year. You will notice that there are no drystone walls up here - The Howgills missed out on the enclosure acts from the 1750s which packaged up a fifth of England for rich landowners away from commoners. There is a poor weather route down to Bowderdale from ‘The Calf’, but the main route continues over Hazelgill Knott then up West Fell and then down to Newbiggen-on-Lune. If the weather is bad when you actually leave Sedbergh there is a bad weather route following the River Rawthey. Newbiggen-on-Lune, set on the northern edge of the Howgill Fells in limestone country, gets its name from the River Lune that runs through the valley on its way to Lancaster. The community’s main activity is farming fell sheep. Stone buildings, a Methodist chapel dating from the early 1800s, the church of St Aidan, a village hall, a plant nursery and a number of accommodations add to the village mix. Fishing for trout in the river is a popular sport.