Wanderings up North

So with the days getting a little longer,we decided to meet at Sedbergh at 6 pm on Friday,with traffic it was 6-30pm before we set off for our first camp ..   As a very special treat i took some bacon for breakfast on the first morning and yes Oscar got some too.Sadly the video of camp was too dark when i played it back   Ive added these pics to show the A frame ive been playing with,it does add 110g but is a very solid set up,ive tried a few and never been happy that they would be solid enough in big winds,i am with this one   The room it gives is just huge,camp was just off the summit of Winder,over looking the village  The day started with a grey cloud base but it was above us,but a cold windchill -7c hounded us till about 3 pm an hour before we returned from our large circuit of the grassy hills So for the second night we decided to camp on the summit of The Calf   The mountain laurel design shelte...

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  So over the last 10 yrs ive moved over to the "Freeze dried meals" some have been so vile ive gone hungry,but they have got better as the years have gone on,with some being really very good     Ive dealt with a few different firms over the years,being northern haggling or just asking for a deal,is just the norm.On a trip a few weeks back with Ste,he gave me a Bla Band meal to try and it was fantastic so much so i decided to get some more to try   James at Basecamp foods came up trumps and had lots of different flavour Bla Band meals to try,so this wknd i took one along for my tea.Another good thing with this make is no measuring of water you just pour boiling water in upto the correct mark inside The thing i liked instantly about the Bla Band meals as they have sorted out the "messy fingers" problem.With most meals the pouch are tall so getting the last bits out involves you having to use a long spoon.But Bla Band just solved this real ...

                    An early start Lee and Oscar heading up the Band                                                                                And not a soul around                            The climbers Traverse was a bit full of snow  The Gully further on had Avalanche evidence at bottom,so we came up the side of the Great slab instead                 ...