Wanderings up North

With a recent house move under my belt, most days and evening have been spent working on the house,so it was good to get out to recharge the senses  I met Lee just outside Grasmere and we chatted away as we strolled past Sour Milk and up into a winter wonderland   The snow was a good depth & cover and with the sun out it was a pleasure to be out covering ground We pulled up past Codale tarn and then had a break..i,ve always loved the view over too the Langdales from here It had been hard work in the snow and with another possible,snow dump due on the A66,Lee was keen to get an early start,to his drive back home  We pitched up on Castle How on a lovely spot,shelters up we set off to find some water,after 15 Mins we found some and with a few good kicks it was soon running While the sun was up it was almost warm in the shelters as we brewed away the l...

So the start of 2019 saw us moving house after 20 yrs,never moving again.Sadly i was ill nearly all the christmas break,so a return to the hills was very much needed I never set my alarm and amazingly slept till 8 am so was a bit late meeting up with Lee As we both have been off the hill the last month or two we choose an easy first trip and had a walk up over Low& High pike,thick clag was our only companion as we crossed over to Dove crag We dropped down a little ways for water and were soon stamping down snow for camp, just a few minutes back from Hart crag summit Food was one of my favs from Bla-Bland supplied by Basecamp foods as usual I looked out a few times but sadly the clag never moved off till just before dawns it was a relaxing evening  Dawn was so-so but the inversion and light we were treated to for the next few hours was special  The East and N...