Wanderings up North

               The forcast looked good so i drew up a quick plan for one last camp of the "Crazy year" The forcast did say fresh northerly winds till later so we wondered up the valley from Limefitt park,bagging the Tongue for my brother on the way past Like its twin East of here both these valleys always seem longer than the map tells you  As i thought would be the case,once we got to the col at Threshthwaite Mouth the wind increased, it was a slow climb with winds blowing at 25 mph and a few nasty gusts too 53 mph giving a W.C of -12c  Micro spikes were deployed as the ground firmed up with all the ground underfoot now frozen or white     In another life my brother was a morf 😙 his face mask protecting his face from the stinging wind   After an hour or so the wind died off as we strolled out to get Hartsop Dodd,then doubling back to regain Stony Cove Pike             ...

  So the year started like all the rest a wet winter,with lots of us hoping for cold weather, my first camp came on the 4 Th of Jan with a walk up Kentmere valley to visit a cave id not been too The weather was naff and i made a nasty steep climb up,to land on Rainbow crag, then along the ridge to camp, just south of Thornthwaite crag summit  I had a nice message from James the over the following week,asking if id like to join him,i met him above Hawes water on a cold January morning.We wondered over some Birkett peaks James still needed in nice conditions,tho we left the snow line behind  We pitched up near Arthurs pike and enjoyed a cold but clear nice sky  Early Feb and Darron mentioned meeting up and i was happy to do so,the early light on Derwent was lovely to see We had a good walk out from below Honister mine and along the ridge a strong wind had us camp on Lingcomb Edge just NW of Red pike summit  March as the year fell apart and i ha...