Haweswater wildcamp with James Boulter,Jan 2020

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My first camp this year being a tad moist it was great to see some high pressure head over us.While i was planning out a trip i got a message from James Boulter,he was on a Birkitt collecting jolly between Haweswater & Ullswater,a few messages and we agreed to meet up




A 5-15 am alarm had me heading Northwards up the M6 and then follow, what turned out to be an insured road,over from Shap to Naddle Bridge next to Haweswater dam





It was a lovely cold morning when i set of just before 7-30 am,i could soon see the lovely site of a snow line above me,after a few miles i found James just as he finished breaking camp



The harsh windchill meant hoods were up,the benefit of the wind in our faces was we got to see a dozen deer as they searched around for the more tasty grasses,as we crunched on our way upwards,that sound of snow compacting has always sounded so good to me






We made our way up towards High Raise,James wanted to visit the Knott and from there we turned and headed North,the views were superb in all directions.


















View from The Knott past Hayeswater too Thornthwaite crag 








The wind and its bite were with us all day, only dropping an hour or two after we made our camp




Photo credit James Boulter

From High Raise we followed the ridge along dropping below the snow line as we hunted out the summit of Swarth fell after having first hunted out some water from the beck, of the same name 






It had been a longish, tough day with a full pack so it was nice to get the shelters up and a brew on









Tea was a nice lovely warm meal,always nice after a cold day





Sadly the best of the sunset light/colour was further north from our camp...check out Andrew Beavers who camped on High Raise..












Due to our location we didnt get the dawn light that good, but it did  light up the snow on the central ridge line,making it look almost alpine 







It was nice to see the wind had dropped too while we brewed up and ate our breakfast..











A phone pic,zoomed in on the Edges 





From our camp we headed North a little more,before we turned to make our way back towards our cars,the chatting being much easier without the constant noise of wind












 Lakeland water as clear ontop as underneath   



Some very impressive stone walling on a barn we passed on our way back









A good trip with some good company .....   ta for looking and safe travels Peter

Comments

  1. Chiseller24 January 2020 at 02:17

    The picture of the water flowing from a roof is worth the look on its own...
    I'd happily drink straight from that or have a brisk shower ��
    Thanks for sharing.

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    1. peter dixon30 January 2020 at 04:29

      shh,was actually an icicle completely frozen...but I take your point

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  2. Pat, Marcus & Alexis25 January 2020 at 04:26

    Very nice entry and beautiful scenery!

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