Mungrisdale

Starting at Scales we walked around to Scales tarn before climbing upi to Blencathra. From Blencathra we headed north to Foule Crag before descending to the col and climbed east to Bannerdale Crags. After descending into Bannerdale we had a superb burger and a pint at the Mill Inn. After letting the burger go down we headed back to Scales by following the River Gleneramackin to the small plataeu above Mousthwaite Comb. Originally we had planned to take a route along Souther Fell on the return but the burgers put paid to that idea!

Lingering Snow

Warm sunshine and blue skies made for a great day out in the Black Mountains with a bonus of lingering snow providing some amusement survival bag sledging in the valley above the Grwyne Fawr rerservoir :-)



The walk up from the car park at Blaen-y-cwm is long and gradual so is to be savoured. rarely have a I climbed an 800 meter mountain with so little effort and sweat. Unfortunately the routes highest point, Waun Fach is a horrible boggy mess and should quickly be passed by, stopping instead on the summit of Pen y Gadair Fawr which although lower than Waun Fach appears higher as you head towards it.

Redistribution…

The high winds of the last couple of days have redistributed the snow significantly in the Lakes, making the fells less white but also making progress easier, rather than slogging through deep snow the summits and ridges has been scoured. In the picture above you can see Mo and the dogs enjoying the view from Ard Crags above the Newlands Valley near Keswick.


I got to use my new Memory Map Adventurer 2800 today in anger as well and am very pleased with it. Anyone who has used Memory Map with their PDA or Smartphone will feel right at home. I will put up a review later.

Too much snow!

The plan was simple, head up Catbells then up onto Maiden Moor to High Spy, returning via Dale Head, Hindscarth and Scope End. Now I knew there would be snow but the forecast was that the tops would be wind scoured making progress  easier and thought that maybe we would need to cut the walk short by diverting down into Newlands before Dale Head. In the end we got as far as Bull Crag on Maiden Moor, the snow was shin deep but occasionally and unexpectedly knee to waist deep in places. It was just too much for our dogs, they were finding it hard going so we decided to call it a day and return to Rowling End Farm via Little Town. Click on the image above to see more pictures from the walk.