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Dodds wild camp Feb 2025

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I met up with my brother Jamie and we drove on the last bit and parked up just past Swirls car park and we’re off for 9 am ish  It was a nice crisp cold winters morning,the drive up had started in fog but that had mostly finished around Windermere  There was a crossing by the Red Arrows but think we were not under the flight path enough,but did get to watch this guy wing it’s way slowly along the Thirlmere valley  Cloud was building up but never made its way past Dunmial/Hellvelyn  to reach us  Hart crag in the distance  Ski tow hut  We had a nice stroll up to Stybarrow Dodd and a wander out too Hart side,doubling back we walked across to Watsons Dodd.Having a hunt around for water we loaded up and had a slow heavy plod up to Great Dodd summit  We had pitched early ish so enjoyed the views but the cold wind meant I made use of the tent door way to watch some of those views Tonight’s tea was a favourite,supplied as always by my fave supplier Baseca...