Gale force winds and heavy showers were the forecast,so this was the best plan i could make up,that would let us hide from the worst of the wind
Starting Friday dinner we made our way up,under Maggies supervision onto Souther fell the wind was already pretty strong here but with good views and no nasty stuff seen in the skies we carried on
I really like the valley that runs to the East of Bannerdale crags so we made our way up this valley and then to the summit the wind now was blowing 25-30 and gusting 50's so we did not linger too long
With the wind now securely put to our backs we were helped along to Bowscale fell summit,the skies had darkened and you could sense the oncoming rain.A short sharp path soon had us at the tarn and that killed of a lot of the strong wind..after a little searching we got the shelters up,as soon as mine was up i nipped and collected water for me and Miss Maggie and got a brew on
A little later a friend from work came up to the tarn looking a bit moist but he soon to had his Trailstar pitched up,we only got to chat a small amount as the heavy showers and big gusts kept us inside our shelters for the evening and night
Next day started nice and dry and blue,but a peek upwards the clouds,above, gave some hint at the increase in wind speed today.Me and Jamie headed down to the old mine road and followed it up past the old mine and enjoyed a good 30 minutes brewing up in Lingy hut
Then we were blown along too High pike before a hard walk,in the wind, across too Carrock fell
The wind was very strong now as i tried to find us somewhere to camp,with some shelter....i could find nothing and had decided too walk back to the car
Below us still was the stream and i wondered if there might be something there,luckily after 20 mins following the Carrock beck along we found a lovely gem of a place
Ive had my tea,is there anymore ?
We had a nice evening but sadly heavy rain came on so a night inside the shelters it was
Our last morning started dry again and after a brew we packed up for the short 5-6 k back to the car.....a breakfast in Wilfs at Staveley finished off a nice trip...5 more peaks for Jamie and Maggie
We caught a touch of frost overnight and had heavy condensation,but what a start to the day it was ! Inversions galore These are the mornings we soak up the view and quietness of a waking day Jamie’s Trailstar with the first hill of the day Cruach Adrian 1046m looming up behind Xmid 2 Shadowed by Ben More & Stob Binnein Bit of drying time in the warm breeze before L.N.T and moving on Looking North Once on the summit of Cruach Ardrain we took the small and very steep path NE of it to collect a new Top for me,Stob Garbh.We continued East then lost most of our height,down to 430m to then start the slow pull up to the coll After many slugs of cold mountain water we left the sacks and went up Stob Bennein,fine views in all directions The ridge Southwards Back to the packs for more fluids and an energy boost,it was with slower limbs we slowly but steadily made our way up to Ben Mores lofty view point,my visit before had the ground and the sky all white Crainlarich far bel
The forcast was good with only a fresh wind to think about,Andy Beavers and myself had never met yet so he agreed to meet me and Jamie at the Carpark,Friday morning Matt Holland had come over late Thursday so we aranged to meet somewhere on the ridge from Rosthwaite fell too Allan crags,it was a stunning day to be out Also along on her first proper backpack trip was Maggie dog,who was very well behaved,even if she lacks Oscars loyalty,in walking partners One plan had been to camp on Great End summit again,but the wind would have made chatting hard work so we had a mooch about and found a nice shelf,near Allen cargs summit The first shelf wasnt big enough for all of us so Jamie and Andy pitched there Duomids there,while me,Maggie and Matt went a little higher in my Scarp1 and Matts MLD Solomid We had a nice sunset,but a full moon washed out the starry skies.Through the night the wind moved round some more,giving me and Matt some nice 30-45mph gusts,but Saturday started out stunnin
With my operation date looming,i coupled together a last quick trip “ Up North ” too Scotland.I first did these hills back in the early 90s on some of my first winter backpacking trips,things were much warmer and greener on this visit We drove up Thursday morning and left our car near Ben More farm and a very nice man,came in his taxi and dropped us of at the layby on the Loch Lomond road,pre-booked it made the walk much better trip,I highly recommend them Ian and his son Packs hoisted up we were soon heading off,as the day started to get much warmer (Temp above was in the sun,real temp was around 17-18c) Ben More and Stob Binnein were soon showing of there great height,being the biggest Munros in this area We drank and walked and sweated and walked some more,the skies at times looking like it might help us cool down We gained the “Twistin hill “ ridge with some fantastic views coming in from all directions of the compass,my plan had been to try and camp,some where South of An Cais
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