Wanderings up North

  The forcast was good with only a fresh wind to think about,Andy Beavers and myself had never met yet so he agreed to meet me and Jamie at the Carpark,Friday morning  Matt Holland had come over late Thursday so we aranged to meet somewhere on the ridge from Rosthwaite fell too Allan crags,it was a stunning day to be out  Also along on her first proper backpack trip was Maggie dog,who was very well behaved,even if she lacks Oscars loyalty,in walking partners One plan had been to camp on Great End summit again,but the wind would have made chatting hard work so we had a mooch about and found a nice shelf,near Allen cargs summit  The first shelf wasnt big enough for all of us so Jamie and Andy pitched there Duomids there,while me,Maggie and Matt went a little higher in my Scarp1 and Matts MLD Solomid  We had a nice sunset,but a full moon washed out the starry skies.Through the night the wind moved round some more,giving me and Matt some nice 30-45mph gusts,but Saturday started out stunnin

So after a few "Mehh" camps it was nice to see a good forecast looming.Met Jamie near Kendal and then took the one car down the windey road too Sadgill,an early start so first ones there and on the move for 7-30 am  It was a cold wind from the start the temp at 2-3c,but windchill took it to -7c ,as we head up the pass then turned North to head onto Shipman Knotts  From Goat scar we could see snow covering,Branstree summit,where we will camp later today  Sadgill valley looked lovely  As we left Shipman knotts we were head on into the cold North wind,-12c at times meant exposed skin was soon aching,the views back from Kentmere pike were stunning  Haweswater and the lovely Small water looked cold as the wind raced up the cold slopes too attack us  From Harter fell we turned towards the pass and the steady plod upto Branstree summit...id picked this for our camp,the wall helping to kill off the windchill But on the chance id find another spot we carried on,with our packs,to Selsi