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Two nights on the Shap fells with my MLD Trailstar...2020

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This trip was done before the lockdown we are all now under,i took myself off to the Shap fells,knowing it might be a while before we can all get out again.I saw no one friday, 6 folk at a distance for a few hours Saturday and no one again till driving back home, the route was all safe ground and most of it ive walked before   I finished work after dinner on the Friday and then drove over to the big lay-by on the A6 above Kendal town,leaving the car around 3 pm  The skies were blue and the sun even shone for a while,but the slight wind that was about still carried a sharp bite I walked upto Great Yarlside and then followed the high ground over to Harrop pike,the wind was a bit stronger as the day started to finish..15-25 mph winds had me mouch around for a while till i found a nice spot not far from the summit to pitch,out of the cold wind  Id not long recieved a new version of my MLD Exodus pack,which i decided to get to replace m