Twenty Nineteens Wild camps

So the first camp of 2019 came in on the 19th Jan with a camp on Hart crag,with Lee

No views on the way up and all night,but the next door brought some very nice light

Next was a camp on Castle How,with Lee, above the Langdales on a day of deep snow,in the valley approaches

March 23rd saw me pitched up on Grey Friar summit 

The week after saw me camped on Rannerdale,with Matt 

April 13th saw me spend two nights on a loop of Mallerstang,with Lee again 

 

April 19th saw me return to Scotland to collect the Ben Starava munros,for Lees munro round ,with 2 nites camping 

5th of May saw me camped just of Crinkle crags ridgeline 

Sadly the 18th of May saw a few of meet up to remember Kate Tyler who sadly left us all...Rip Kate...with Ste,Dan and Shirley

The next night i camped out with one of my brothers,Ross, who was visiting from his home in Vancovour,Red Screes was chosen for the pitch 

June 1st saw me do a 3 day walk up from Ravenglass over the Duddon fells.The first night was above Devoke water with the last night on Muncaster fell

The end of the July saw me meet up with Alex and a night on Blake rigg after a circuit of the Coniston fells 

August saw me meet two lads of Trek-lite and we had an extended Kentmere horseshoe route,the first night on Harter fell and the 2 nd just off Yoke

The 8th of September saw me travel back up to the Artic circle area in Sweden / Norway with Lee and a stunning weeks backpacking 

The 1st night had a lovely view of Gahperćohkka behind camp 

2nd night was by the Lake Leirvatnet and the only Northern lights we got on this trip 

Onto the 3rd night and we camped a few miles East of Lossivatnet lake 

The 4 th was at the East end of Ćunojávri

The 5th saw us stay in this hut at Valfojåkka,as we thought ground for camping would be hard to find on the next section,plus the location was stunning ......free wood too 

The final night was just south of Gátterjávri 

Begining of October saw me meet up with Darron for a night on Cold pike  

Mid October saw me camped over by Load pot hill, to hear the staggs rutting 

The end on November saw me camp on Loft crag with a stunning night sky

The 2nd night i walked over the Langdale pikes and met up with Martin and a camp on Blea rigg and another lovely clear night 

Around 26 nites out over the year,a quieter year as i moved house at the beginning of the year ...so seasons greetings and safe travels to you all,for 2020   .......Peter

At long last a bit of nice cold weather so i planned a trip out for 2 nites above the Langdales,two lads had messaged about meeting up.I met one briefly Sunday morning near camp,the other came up Saturday so we walked a bit then camped with him

I finished work and drove up under blue skies, hoisting my rucksack onto my back a little before 2pm 

It was nice to be walking upwards in cold air but with some warmth from the sun on my back,i had planned on camping on Pike o Stickle but as soon as i had cleared the ravine path,i could see someone pitched there....

You can see the pitch thieve on the summit here,hie Scarp just below him,i wwalked over after i had pitched and we had a chat...as a helicopter hovered around Great End before flying over us and back down the valley 

As i chatted with Joseph (wildcountrycamping on Instagram) i took this naff photo as it flew away

For this trip i brought my MLD Duomid and my Oookworks inner 

My pitch was just North of Loft crag summit and  gave me some lovely evening views 

With only a new moon the night sky was superb with the Milky way clearly seen with the naked eye

The night temp only dropped to -3c but the late evening breeze and in the mrning the windchill had a good bite ....-13.2c on the 15 mph Easterly wind 

Rob Jones had messaged to say he was coming up to see me for dawn,he brought his lovely young dog "Tag" We had a good chat for 30 mins and were treated to some lovely light at dawn before Rob carried on his walk 

After many brews, breakfast and packing up i headed up onto Harrison,then Pavey Ark and Thuncar.The views were stunning but the wind had some cold fingers

 From High Raise i turned too Codale head before heading dwon towards the tarn to meet Martin

Once we had met we headed over to Blea rigg and after some hunting round had soon found a lovely flat pitch,which not only had running water nearby but knocked the wind dead 

It was a great clear night again,made even better as there was no wind to nip at finger ends 

The night was colder and i saw -5.2c at 11pm before i turned in to sleep, dawn gave some more nice light 

Heavy frost to shake off

Lovely big down nest for me to snuggle into later

Wherever you were on the Sunday,i think,it was good to be out on th fells .Before i packed up i walked over towards Stickle tarn and briefly met Chisler who was (running !) up from his late camp near the tarn...good to meet 

In the morning i walked over the tops Silver How,from there we took the steep path down towards the church then strolled back up the valley to the cars....a good trip and good to meet Martin and shake Chislers hand !     

Thanks for looking and safe travels Peter