Wanderings up North

We both had a bit to do this wknd,so we decided to meet up late on Saturday,with the Fred Whitton on starting at Grasmere, we met up on the A6 and were off for 4 pm These fells are normally wet from the start off, but like much of the Lakes,these last few weeks, but were dry underfoot. I arrived with dry feet at camp and back at the car the same on Sunday There was a cold East wind blowing with dull grey skies when we set off, but an hour or so later and the sun was shining out of a blue sky. The wall on Great Yarlside was a superb wind break so it would have been rude not to camp behind it  I'd recently been using a chair kit on my matt, but always inside my shelter...the evening was stunning so we moved to the wall for tea and having a crack,the chair kits were fantastic and made a very comfy evening  It was a lovely evening but the temp dropped sharply as we lost the last of the sun, not a great sunset but...

A long wknd ahead and i had hoped to travel north to Scotland,but my old car decided to play up on the way to work so a revised plan was hatched  It was grey, but dry when i met Lee in Coniston at 7 pm on the Friday,with a late start we headed up into the Copper mines valley chatting along the way. We decided to camp on Kitty crag one of the peaks belonging to the  Furness fells infront of Wetherlam  Brew on and Oscar was soon settled in his own bed and me atop my sleeping bag  The morning was the same colour as the evening before grey, but it was dry, if a bit cooler.An updated weather forecast,with 35-45 mph winds had us chatting about a change of route  We walked over Wetherlam with a fresh breeze and as we left Swirl how it tried to snow for a while...temp -3.4c with the windchill...we headed south towards the Bank holiday crowds into a blustery wind With a trip to...