Wanderings up North

After one of the worse February's i can remember it was good to see a message pop up from Darron Linney,him and Max were up for a trip and did i fancy meeting up with them  Its a drive right up thought the Lakes for me to get to Honister so i was away early, but as i had made good time i stopped on the roadside as i passed Derwent water,it looked to be the start to a nice day  I waited for them on the last big lay-by/park area on the way up to Honister mine and after a short wait they arrived.Darren was full of a heavy cold,lent to him by one of his grandkids....Max was bursting to get out on the hills  It was a still day as we climbed up past the mine works and then across to Dubbs hut,a quick look inside and Darren noticed that this hut had been visited,like all the others,by the guy who visited them all fitting a hook for coats to the back of the door As we climbed a bit higher the wind picked up a bit and the temp dropped a little..been

Day six started with bright sunshine but a cold wind,behind us we could see some weather which would catch us later in the day.After packing in the luxu ry of the hut,we swept it out emptied the fire and set off  It was a colder this morning when we set off,hovering around 3c,but the views again made up for it We knew we had a river to cross North of the hut and after inspecting the first spot we decided to head a bit further on where it looked wider Lee  The water was lower but wider here and a bit cool but we were soon across and pressed on a little faster to pump the water out of our trail shoes The landscape here was very rocky with little places to pitch two shelters,so we were happy we had stayed at the hut,even if doing so had lost us half a day of travel The path came and went crossing the many small streams from one side to the other as we slowely climbed upwards,a go