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Some fresh lakeland ground ! Blengdale too Yewbarrow

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        Lee had stayed over in Wasdale so we left his car at the bottom of  Yewbarrow and drove mine across to Gosforth   I,ve looked out across the barren moorland/woodlands  that heads to the coast from Caw a few times and wandered about sometime visiting this area,today was the day A play with social hiking map showed an array of remote Birketts so i plotted a route between them all,bringing us up onto Caw for a camp      I,d recently caught a comment about a Tramplite shelter,maybe being for sale (sadly wont work for me and Oscar) so i mentioned it to Lee..its a stunning shelter   The day was a great wander,with lots of pathless ground and great views all around,the wind had a sharp bite when it blew in,but camp saw the temp raise up to 16c in the sun,with a grass frost over night Tea was another from James at Basecamp foods and it was fantastic,was great tasting,rehyrated b...

Two Nites above Langdale,with Matt and Lee

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  So met up with Matt holland friday afternoon and we had a good natter as we walked up out of the valley to camp just below Great knott,above Red tarn     So matt had brought his Solomid and was good to see the difference between it and the Duomid    It was a lovely evening but a biting wind,Lee was walking in from Three Shire later so i wandered over the various peaks of Cold pike and looked if i could see him Tea was another Bla Bland and it was another belter,i bought a job lot of these from Bascamp foods,who ive used for last few years,happy to report this one tasted excellent .....seems i have another favorite flavour                                                Matts So...