A good day in better than expected weather today, climbing from Glenridding to Striding Edge and following the ridge to the summit of Helvellyn, we reached the clouds and drizzzle at the Hole In The Wall, but shortly after we started to descend Swirral Edge the cloud lifted and the rain stopped.

The views from Catstycam were great, even the summit of Helvellyn had cleared by now.

We descended by the Greenside Mine path back to Glenridding.

A damp day on Scafell Pike.

We climbed by the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and onto the summit, stopping for our sandwiches in one of the shelters on the summit before following the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag and descending over Esk Hause. We then followed the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A great day on Helvellyn today, albeit a little windy!

We climbed by Lanty's Tarn onto the ridge at Birkhouse Moor, following the ridge onto Striding Edge.. There was a strong wind blowing across the ridge today, so a slightly easier path was taken by most.

After the steep climb to the summit we stopped in the wind shelter for our packed lunches before descending over Swirral Edge to Catsty Cam and down to the Greenside Mine path back to Glenridding.

A great day with some great clear views.

A great day on Scafell Pike today in wonderful weather. Hot and sunny once the early cloud burnt off with amazing views all round.

From Seathwaite we climbed by Sty Head and the Corridor Route, splitting into two groups at Sty Head with Tim leading the other group.

As we reached the summit we heard the shocking news from the valleys below!

We descended in hot sunshine by Esk Hause and Grains Gill.

Enjoyable day on Scafell Pike today. From Seathwaite, we followed the Corridor Route to Lingmell then, onto Scafell Pike. We returned to Seathwaite via Esk Hause and Grains Gill. Quite a warm day but very wet from lunch time onwards. Never mind, everyone had a good day  and maintained a sense of humour throughout!

A grey and windy day today on Helvellyn, but a good walk!

We climbed to Birkhouse Moor via Lanty's Tarn and followed the ridge to Striding Edge. The weather was a llittle damp and very windy, but we completed the ridge and followed the steep climb to the summit of Helvellyn.

Not much to see today from the top so we sat in the shelter and ate our sandwiches before following the Swirral Edge path down to Red Tarn and down by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

A great day today climbing the Scafells from Wasdale Head.

From the Inn we headed up around Lingmell and onto the Brown Tongue path climbing by Lingmell Coll to the summit. Just before reaching the Col we were in the cloud and we had this all the way to the top. After sandwiches at the summit we descended to Mickledore where the clouds broke and gave us some wonderful views over upper Eskdale and across to the Conistoon Fells.

From Mickledore we descended to the foot of the Fox's Tarn path, climbing up by the tarn and up the scree above to the summit of Scafell.

There were wonderful views from the summit all the way down the west coast to Walney Island and across to the Crinkles!

We descended along the Green How path down to Brackenclose for a well deserved pint in the Wasdale Head Inn.

Back late last night from another 3 Peaks Challenge event. At times the weather over the weekend was atrocious, but we were so lucky that nearly all the rain fell when we were in the mini bus.

The group bonded quickly and we chattering away through the night, where other groups are usually fast asleep.

Ben Nevis went without a hitch with everyone up and down within 5 hours. Re-fuel and refreshed headed off the Scafell Pike, the early hours through Glasgow (where normally the group are fast asleep) we where laughing and joking and in high spirits! I (Lyanda) cranked the heating up and within half an hour they where sleeping like babies (cruel to be kind)! Scafell looked moody and mysterious with veils of clouds, they piled out ready for the second summit with excitement. The heavy rain on the drive down from Carlisle soon dissipated upon our arrival as they set off up the Brown Tongue Path from Brackenclose.

After telling another group which route to take up (it's amazing how disorganised some groups can be, one group had even set off without even checking their route and had to ask the way to Scafell Pike! Another group on last months didn't know if he had 19 or 17 in the group and was frantically trying to call their parents to ask if they were with him on the challenge this appeared not to be an issue until he tried to count them back onto the bus and 2 were 'missing on the mountain'!) we climbed the Brown Tongue path quickly and made good time to the summit, thick in cloud, before descending back to Wasdale, in a time of 4.20.  The journey down to Snowdon was a mixture of excitement, snoozing, games and swapping stories.  As we made our approach the group started to prepare for the final stage, two decided not to finish due to an earlier knee jarring which was felt needed the rest to prevent further chance of injury. The weather for the final half hours drive was atrocious, wind screen wipers worked overtime and everyone prepared for a soggy sumit. We arrived at the final drop point, the weather broke and even a few spots of blue sky could be seen (maybe with a little imagination)!  They disembarked, chattering and excited they headed off into the clouds.

We climbed quickly along the PYG track, with some stunning views until as we reached the summit ridge we entered the clouds. The remaining group limbed really quickly and then flew downhill again completing the leg in 3.30.

A blinding finish all three Peaks walked in 12 hrs 50 mins!!!!!!!!!

Back to our top secret celebratory spot for hot food and drink and a banter about our next challenge!  Suggested a get together walk and wild camp! Then came the frantic number exchanges, clothes changed and back to the bus for the journey home dropping off in Manchester.

We enjoyed meeting you all, you have been excellent company and well done everyone! xx

John (Guide) & Lyanda (Driver, Mother to all)

A god day today on the Langdale Pikes, great weather and some stunning views.

We climbed by Stickle Gill, via the zig-zag path below Tarn Crag to Stickle Tarn following the North Rake to the summit of Pavey Ark. From Pavey Ark we took in the nearby summit of Thunacar Knott before continuing onto Harrison Stickle where we stopped for our sandwiches.

After lunch we crossed the combe to scramble to the summit of Pike O'Stickle bore descending over Loft Crag and following the path alongside Dungeon Ghyll back to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

Some stunning clear views today.

Another great day on the fells, today climbing Great Gable by the Climbers Traverse.

We followed the path by Taylorgill Force to Sty Head before following the traverse path crossing the face of Great Gable below Kern Knotts and under Great Napes, taking in the great views of Napes Needle and Sphinx Rock above us.

We climbed up over White Napes to the top of Westmorland Crag stopping for our lunch at the Westmorland Cairn, by now in a little cloud. As we reached the summit after lunch the cloud cleared and gave us some great views on the way down by Base Brown and alongside a very dry Sour Milk Gill back to Seathwaite.

A cloudy day today on Scafell Pike, we climbed by Sty Head, but once on the Corridor Route we were in cloud. We continued up the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col before climbing to the summit.

After leaving the summit we crossed to Broad Crag, here the cloud started to break, at first giving us views down over Upper Eskdale and then in every direction.

We continued to descend over Esk Hause, by now in sunshine and followed the path back to Seathwaite along Grains Gill.

A great day on Scafell Pike today, we climbed by Sty Head and the Corridor Route to hesummit in ht sun shine wher there was a nic e breeze to cool us down.

After sandwiches on the summit we continued along the ridge over Broad Crag &  Ill Crag to Esk Hause and descended by Grains Gill back to Seathwaite.

A hot and sunny day, althugh the views were a little hazy.

Another great day on Helvellyn today. We set of at 9am to make sure we were down in time for the football match.
Although a bit breezy we climbed quickly onto Birkhouse Moor and followed the ridge along to Striding Edge, reaching the summit of Helvellyn at 11.30!

After a short stop in the summit shelter we descended along the Swirral Edge ridge down to Red Tarn following the path down through Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

A great day today above Wasdale Head, climbing from the hotel up the ridge to Lingmell before crossing Lingmell Col to climb to the summit of Scafell Pike.

After our packed lunches on the summit of Scafell Pike we descended to Mickledore and then down to the foot of the Fox's Tarn path, scrambling up a very damp gill bed after last nights rain to Fox's Tarn and the scree path to the top of Scafell, via a stop to admire the views from the top of Scafell Crag.

After a short stop on the summit we followed the path down to Brackenclose and back to Wasdale Head.

A great days walking, although cloudy to start it soon cleared to give some great views during the afternoon.

A great day on Helvellyn today climbing via Lanty's Tarn to Birkhouse Moor and following the ridge to Striding Edge.

Not too busy on the edge today, probably due to our early start so we crossed the edge pretty quickly before the steep final climb to the summit of Helvellyn, where during the week more of the path to the right has been fenced off for repairs.

The summit shelter was full so we decided to stop for lunch at the top of Swirral Edge, finding a good spot out of the wind, high above Red Tarn.

After lunch we dropped down by Red Tarn and followed the path by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

Good weather today for our climb over Striding Edge to Helvellyn, following the wall up to Birkhouse Moor from Lanty's Tarn we followed the ridge past the Hole In The Wall to Striding Edge, crossing the edge and climbing to the summit where we stopped in the wind shelter for our packed lunches.

After lunch we descended over the Swirral Edge ridge to Catstycam and down to the Greenside Mines path back to Glenridding.

A great day with some great clear views, although a little windy at times.

A great day on Helvellyn today, although a little grey at times we had dry weather and next to no wind for our ascent over Striding Edge to Helvellyn.

We climbed from Glenridding to Lanty's Tarn and followed the wall up onto Birkhouse Moor, some great views over Ullswater to the High SStreet range and forward to the fantastic cirque above Red Tarn with Striding Edge to the left and Swirral Edge and Catstycam to the right.

We continued to follow the ridge to High Spying How where after a short stop  we climbed onto Striding Edge, crossing the edge quickly and easily in the near perfect conditions. After the short down-climb at the end of the ridge we climbed the short steep climb onto the summit plateau, stopping for lunch in the summit shelter to admire the views to  the west with all tops except occasionally Scafell Pike free from cloud.

After lunch we crossed the summit plateau and descended over Swirral Edge to Red Tarn and followed the path back by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding. A thoroughly enjoyable day in the fells!

A damp day on Scafell Pike today, although not as bad as expected.

We climbed from Seathwaite via Sty Head and then followed the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col before heading up to the summit.

The summit was in cloud, so after a quick sandwich stop we continued over Broad Crag and Ill Crag, occasionally getting views over Eskdale from the ridge before the cloud broke as we dropped down to Esk Hause giving us great views over the Langdale Pikes and north over Borrowdale.

We dropped down below Great End and onto the Grains Gill path following this back to Seathwaite in warm sunshine.

An even wetter day on Scafell Pike than yesterday!

Very heavy rain as we headed out from Seathwaite didn't ease at all today. We followed the track to Sty Head and then followed the Corridor Route, climbing by Lingmell Coll to the summit.

After a short stop on the summit we descended to Broad Crag Col and back down onto the Corridor Route, following this back to Sty Head and then down to Seathwaite.

Up and down in just over 4 hours, but not a day to stop and admire the views!

Another damp day today, this time not on Scafell Pike though!

We climbed from Glenridding onto Birkhouse Moor, by now we were in cloud, although it wasn't too wet and windy.

We followed the ridge to Striding Edge and crossed the ridge without too much difficulty and climbed up the step pat to the summit, te wind on the summit was very strong, so we stopped in the wind shelter for our sandwiches.

Upon leaving the shelter we realised that the wind and rain had increased markedly, it was a relief to drop out of the wind onto the Swirral Edge path which we followed down to Red Tarn and the path back to Greenside Mines and Glenridding. The heavy rain continued until we were down.

A good day on the Fairfield Horseshoe today, dry most of the day with broken cloud and some great views.

We climbed Nab Scar from Rydal, although the high tops were in cloud we had some good views over the lakes. As we climbed on towards Heron Pike the cloud began to break up, we were rarely in the cloud until on the top of Fairfield, but even here the cloud kept breaking giving us views over Helvellyn and Striding Edge, showing us what we couldn't see yesterday!

After leaving the summit we were back in the cloud until Dove Crag where te cloud once again broke giving some great views over Ullswater.

As we descended over High and Low Pike we ha some good views over Windermere, Coniston and south to Morcambe Bay. We dropped down by High Sweeden Bridge and followed the track back to Ambleside getting back to the town just before the rain started.

A great few days in the high fells over Thursday and Friday, setting off late morning on Thursday we climbed from Wha House in the Eskdale Valley to Slight Side and Scafell, meeting the cloud as we climbed to Scafell.

From Scafell we descended by Fox's Tarn to re-climb by Mickledore to Scafell Pike.

After a short break on the sumit we continued over Brad crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause, desceding on the Borowdale side to our camp site, with views over Borrowdale and Great Gable.

Although there was a little cloud covering the high tops we had some great views through the evening with most tops eventally clearing.

On Friday we set off just after 8.30 to climb to the summit of Esk Pike before continuing to Bowfell, wonderful clear views from the summit including a great views of yesterdays route over the Scafells.

As we descended to Three Tarns the cloud blew over us, covering Bowfell behind and the Crinkle Crags ahead, we continued along the Crinkles ridge stopping on the summit of Long Top for our lunch before descenting to Red Tarn and down to Great Langdale.

A very wet day on the Scafells today, climbing from Wasdale Head by the Brown Tongue path and Lingmell Col we climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike.

As we approached Lingmell Col the good weather worsened, rain blew in along the valley and set in for the rest of the day.

After a quick photo stop on the summit we descended quickly to Mickledore, stopping in the shelter of the Stretcher Box for a quick lunch stop before continuing to descend to the foot of to Fox's Tarn path, climbing what was more like a gill scramble than a footpath we continued to the summit of Scafell.

We descended the Green How path to Brackenclose and Wasdale Head.

A great day on Helvellyn today, climbing onto Birkhouse Moor from Glenridding we entered the cloud just before reaching the summit.

No views from the summit today so we pressed on climbing alongside the ridge to the Hole In The Wall and then onto High Spying How and the Striding Edge Ridge.

Although the ground was a little damp from the drizzle we crossed the ridge with no problems and climbed the steep slope up to the summit of Helvellyn, the footpath repairs are coming along well on the path up now.

After a lunch stop in the summit shelter we continued over the summit and descended the Swirral Edge ridge to Catsty Cam descending to the Greenside Mine path and returning to Glenridding in bright sunshine.

A great day in Langdale today, we set off from the New Dungeon Ghyll climbing alongside Stickle Gill, climbing up the zig zags below Tarn Crag and up to Stickle Tarn.

After a break on the shore of the tarn we set off around to the eastern flank of Pavey Ark, climbing the North Rake route to the summit. We stopped for our lunch just below the summit rocks with a wonderful view over Stickle Tarn below.

After lunch we continued to Harrison Stickle, the highest point of the day with great views over the Langdale Valley. From Harrison Stickle we descended over Harrison Combe climbing again to the rocky summit of Pike O'Stickle before descending over Loft Crag and down the path alongside Dungeon Ghyll back to the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

A fantastic day above Langdale today climbing from the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel we headed up climbing to the summit of Pike O'Blisco, great weather so far although some of the high tops were in cloud, including the Crinkles and Bowfell.

We continued past Red Tarn and up the gentle path to the First Crinkle, the cloud was coming and going over the ridge all the climb, but by the time we reached the First Crinkle the cloud had lifted, we stopped here for our lunches before continuing onto the second top, Long Top, the highest of the Crinkle Crags, via the 'Bad Step'.

After a brief stop on each of the remaining Crinkles we continued over the Shelter Crags down to Three Tarns before climbing the steep path to the summit of Bowfell, the Scafells were still in a little cloud but all other tops were clear by now, although it did look very dark further east over Hight Street and the Pennines.

We descended to the top of Bowfell to the top of the Great Slab, descending over the Slab to the base of Bowfell Buttress and following the Climbers Traverse to meet the top of The Band path and followed this down to the valley and back to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

A fantastic days walking.

A great day climbing Helvellyn via Striding Edge today.

We started walking a bit earlier than usual at 8.30, a great plan as Striding Edge was very quiet. From Glenridding we climbed to Lanty's Tarn and followed the wall up the ridge to Birkhouse Moor.

There were a few light showers as we climbed the ridge but these never lasted for too long.

As we reached Striding Edge we reached the cloud base and were in and out of the cloud until descending back to Red Tarn.

Although a little damp we crossed Striding Edge without any difficulties. Climbing the steep slope up towards the summit plateau we noticed the changes to the path that have been made by the footpath repair team over the last week, a lot of the loose rubble on the path has been removed and a line of neat cairns has been put up.

We sheltered out of the wind in the summit shelter to eat our sandwiches before continuing over the summit and descending onto the Swirral Edge ridge. By now the wind was getting quite strong and blowing across the ridge so we dropped down a little onto the south side of the ridge to the path below to get a little more shelter.

We descended the path down near to Red Tarn and down by Greenside Mines, now in warm sunshine, back to Glenridding, another great days walking.

A great day out on Scafell Pike today. From Seathwaite, we ascended via Styhead Tarn and the Corridor Route. After having lunch on the summit, we descended to Esk Hause then followed the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

We had a much better day weatherwise that of late. Other than a few clouds that quickly blew over at lunch time, it was a reasonably clear day with waterroofs only required for a short time on descent.

A good day on Scafell Pike again today, climbing from Seathwaite to Sty Head before continuing along the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col where we entered the cloud.

We stopped in a shelter near the summit of our sandwiches where the cloud briefly cleared giving us views down over Wasdale before we continued on descending over Broad Crag and Ill Crag down to Esk Hause, here we dropped below the cloud base and were rewarded with fine views all around. We followed the path back to Seathwaite by Grains Gill.

Another good day on the fells today, this time climbing Helvellyn from Glenridding.

We set off climbing to Birkhouse Moor in good weather this morning, the summit of Helvellyn was just in the cloud but this soon lifted as we reached Striding Edge and followed the ridge climbing to the summit of Helvellyn.

We were rewarded with some magnificent views from the Pennines to Yorkshire, Morecambe Bay and Scotland as we sat in the shelter eating our lunches.

As we set off from the shelter to descend Swirral Edge dark clouds blew in from the north giving heavy showers as we descended Swirral Edge and climbed Catstycam, by now the summit was back in cloud but we had some great views down over Ullswater.

We descended onto the Greenside Mine path and back to Glenridding, once again in intermittent heavy showers and sunshine.

Another great day on Scafell Pike today, two groups climbed via Sty Head and the Corridor Route to the summit in cloud, while on the summit the cloud cleared giving wonderful views all round.

We descended over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause before descending by the Grains Gill at back to Seathwaite.

Another great day on Scafell Pike today with a good group of all ages!

We set off from Seathwaite in light showers, expecting more heavy rain as the morning progressed, but this never happened and by the time we were at Sty Head we barely had any more rain all day.

From Sty HEad we continued to climb along the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col, climbing from here to the summit, we were now in cloud, but with occasional breaks with views down over Eskdale and Wasdale. After a quick round of photo's on the summit we ate our sandwiches in one of the wind shelters near the summit before carrying on over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause.

We followed the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite, now in sunshine.

A great day above Wasdale today, we set off from the Wasdale Head Inn in bright sunshine climbing by the Brown Tongue path to Lingmell Col and then up to the summit of Scafell Pike, the views on the way up were good if a little hazy, but we coould just make out the Isle of Man and Scotland across the Solway Firth.

After eating our sandwiches on the summit we descended to Mickledore and down to the foot of the Foxes Tarn path climbing alongside the waterfalls to Foxes Tarn and up to the summit plateau.

We stopped at the top of Scafell Crag to admire the views from Piscah before climbing to the summit of Scafell, the views now were amazing, the air had cleared during the day and now we had clear views from Blackpool, over the Isle of Man and north to Scotland as well as of most of the Lake District.

After a rest on the summit we then descended back to Wasdale, following the path down over Green How to Brackenclose and back along the Wasdale Valley to the Wasdale Head Inn.

Another good day today on the Langdale Pikes, from the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel we climbed by Stickle Gill to Stickle Tarn.

The views were great to the south over Windermere and down to Morcambe Bay. We continued to climb over the North Rake to the summit of Pavey Ark then onto Thunacar Knott to Harrison Stickle.

After a short lunch stop out of the wind on the summit of Harrison Stickle we continued to the summit of Pike O'Stickle, descending over Loft Crag and down alongside Dungeon Ghyll back to the Langdale Valley.

A great day on Scafell Pike today, clear skies and unspoilt views all around,although yesterdays strong wind held up for most of the day.

We climbed from Seathwaite via Sty Head and the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and the Summit of Scafell Pike in bright sunshine, the views from the summit were magnificent, from Blackpool Tower to Yorkshire, The radar station on Great Mell Fell, Scotland across the Solway and great views of the Isle Of Man.

From the summit of Scafell Pike we descended north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause and along the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite, a great days walking!

Another great day on Scafell Pike, not as clear as earlier in the week but still and calm all day.

We climbed the usual route from Seathwaite following the path to Sty Head and then along the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col before climbing to the summit. We had good views over the Irish Sea to the Isle Of Man and south over Morcambe Bay but the sky was a little hazier to the north over the Solway.

We followed the ridge north over Broad crag and Ill Crag to descend to Esk Hause and then down along the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

Another excellent day on Scafell Pike today. We followed the Corridor Route from Seathwaite, stopping several times for drinks and to enjoy the views.
After lunch on the summit, we descended via Grains Gill. Other than a few gusts of wind near the top and being a bit hazy, it was a good day weatherwise.

A windy day on Scafell Pike today, following the usual route from Seathwaite to Sty Head and along the Corridor Route before climbing to the summit from Lingmell Col.

We found a little shelter from the wind near the summit for a lunch stop before continuing north along the ridge over Broad Crag and Ill Crag and descending over Esk Hause and along the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

Another good day on Scafell Pike today. We followed the path from Seathwaite to Sty Head and then along the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and the summit.

The views were great today, a little clearer than it has been recently. After stopping near the summit for our lunch we descended over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause and back to Seathwaite along the Grains Gill path.

A wet and windy day today on the Fairfield Horseshoe, the day didn't start too bad, we were up on Great Rigg before the heavy rain set in, up until then it was just showers and drizzle on Nab Scar and Heron Pike, although we had been in the cloud from about 10 minutes after starting the climb above Rydal.

We continued over Great Rigg and up to the summit of Fairfield stopping in the shelter at the summit for a very short break before heading on. We crossed the head of the valley to Hart Crag and Dove Crag, the wind was very strong on this stretch, before descending the long ridge over High Pike and Low Pike.

As we descended from Low Pike to High Sweeden Bridge we began to get views over Ambleside and Windermere. The rapids below High Sweeden Bridge were pretty impressive. We descended the track from the bridge back down to Ambleside.

A good day on Scafell Pike today, we climbed from Seathwaite to Sty Head and followed the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and then up to the summit of Scafell Pike.

The weather was a little better than expected and other than a few minutes of drizzle here and there it was dry and clear, we were in the cloud at the summit but up until a few minutes before the top we had good views over the Irish Sea to the Isle Of Man and north over the Lake District to Scotland.

After a lunch stop in one of the summit wind shelters we descended by Broad Crag Col and followed the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to drop down to Esk Hause and the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A short day today climbing Scafell Pike from Wasdale, in preparation for a Three Peaks Challenge next weekend.

We climbed from Brackenclose in the Wasdale Valley in foul conditions carefully crossing Lingmell Beck and climbing the Brown Tongue path over Hollow Stones and by Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike.

We were in thick cloud and constant wind and rain from the start so saw next to nothing all day and very few people, except for one old friend I hadn't seen for nearly 20 years that we passed as he was descending on the Three Peaks Challenge!

After a very brief stop on the summit we turned round and descended on the same path, bringing with us a bin liner full of rubbish which had been left on the summit!

A quick descent brought us back down to Wasdale in just under four hours.

Another great day in the Langdale Valley today, this time a day spent scrambling above the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

We set off from the New Dungeon Ghyll this morning climbing alongside Stickle Gill crossing the bridge but instead of following the main path we turned right, climbing alongside Tarn Crag Gill for a little while before turning into the gill and scrambling up the rocks through the waterfalls.

We had great fun scrambling upp the ravines, although the water levels were a little higher than usual and we had to miss out a few of the wetter sections.

From the top of the gill we picked a good line on some nice looking rock which took us to the summit of Tarn Crag. From the summit we had great views south over Morcambe By and the surrounding fells as well as our next objective, Jack's Rake and Pavey Ark.

We descended from Tarn Crag to Stickle Tarn and followed the path along the eastern shore, stopping on a boulder for our lunch before pressing on to climb Jack's Rake, we made good progress climbing the rake and after several stops on the terraces too admire the views we emerged on the summit of Pavey Ark.

From the summit we descended the North Rake path back down to Stickle Tarn and down by Stickle Gill back to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

A damp and cloudy day on the Scafells today.

From Wasdale Head we climbed across the lower slopes of Lingmell and onto the Brown Tongue path, the crossing of Lingmell Beck was much easier than on Sunday morning and we climbed the Brooown Tonge path in good time continuing onto Lingmell Col and then up into the cloud on the summit of Scafell Pike.

We didn't stop too long on the summit today as the rain was starting to fall and the wind was strong so we descended to Mickledore and stopped for our sandwiches in the shelter of some rocks below Scafell Crag.

We could see banks of cloud moving in from the north west as we ate our sandwiches and hoped  that these would at least hold off until we were on top of Scafell.

We descended on the Eskdale side of the col to meet the Fox's Tarn path climbing alongside the stream and re-entering the cloud. As we climbed the steep loose path above Fox's Tarn the rain began but we pressed on to climb to the summit of Scafell. There was nothing to see from the summit so after just a short break we turned round and descended the Green How path, taking a peek through the mist to have a look at the top of the Lord's Rake path before continuing to descend over the grass, slippery when it got steeper lower down, and descended to Brackenclose and back to the Wasdale Head Inn.

A very mixed day on Great Gable today, low cloud and drizzle on the way up, great views from the summit and a storm on the way down.

We set off from Seathwaite at 10am taking the Stockley Bridge path to Sty Head, other than  the odd light shower the weather was good until we reached the Stretcher Box but as we turned up onto the Great Gable path the cloud blew over the pass and a light drizzle started, this continued until we reached the summit, although there were odd bright patches in the cloud and the rain had eased a little by this time, so we descended a little to the Westmorland Cairn where we stopped for our sandwiches.

As we ate our lunch the clouds parted giving us a wonderful view over Wasdale and Wast Water and as we re-climbed the short slope to the summit we also had views as far as Windermere and the Langdale Pikes and down into Ennerdale and Buttermere.

There was however a very dark cloud now moving towards us along the Wasdale Valley, so we pressed on, descending the steep rocky path to Windy Gap and climbing the short path to Green Gable. As we descended Green Gable the cloud caught us up and the rain started to fall again, light at first but by the time we were down into Gillercombe it was heavy.

The stream above Sour Milk Gill had burst it's bank and there was plenty of water flowing down the path, but we pressed on taking our time as we descended alongside the impressive waterfalls of Sour Milk Gill and descended back to Seathwaite, a little wet but having enjoyed a great day on the fells.

A wonderful day on Scafell Pike today, clear skies and light winds gave some wonderful views.

We climbed from Seathwaite via Sty Head and the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col where we had some dramatic views over the Irish Sea to the Isle Of Man before climbing to the summit of Scafell Pike.

We stopped on the summit for our lunch and to admire the views, we could see as far as the Blackpool Tower and the whole of the Lake District.

The Scafell Pike Fell Race was taking place today so we watched all the competitors arriving at the summit and heading back down to Wasdale.

After lunch we followed the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to descend to Esk Hause and down along the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

As we descended we passed a group with an injured member but no help was needed from us, the Mountain Rescue were already on their way and we passed them as we descended to Seathwaite.

Especially well done to Evan today who climbed Scafell Pike on his 7th birthday!

Another day on Scafell Pike today.

We climbed in bright sunshine from Seathwaite to Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route, from half way along the Corridor Route the higher summits were in cloud, at about 900m.

We continued along the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col before climbing into the cloud on the summit of Scafell Pike where we sheltered from the cool wind to eat our sandwiches and see the occasional glimpse down into the Eskdale Valley.

After a short break we carried on following the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag, descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and out of the cloud, following the path down below Great End and down the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A damp day on Scafell Pike today, we climbed from Seathwaite in constant light rain to Sty Head Pass, as we neared the pass the wind was stronger and the rain heavier, we pressed on onto the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and up to the summit of Scafell Pike. No views today so we headed to the wind shelter near the summit and ate our sandwiches in a bothy bag. As we rested the rain eased and then eventually stopped.

We followed the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag, as we crossed the boulder field on Broad Crag the clouds started to break giving us odd glimpses of views and as we crossed Ill Crag the cloud continued to break up giving us some great views over Eskdale, Bowfell, The Langdale Pikes and across to Great Gable.

As we descended to Esk Hause the views continued until, just below Great End the cloud blew in again over the higher tops just leaving the view down into Borrowdale.

We followed the path down by Grains Gill back to Seathwaite.

A great day on Scafell pike today, cloud on the summit, but some great views on the way up and down.

We left Seathwaite just after 10am and headed up the path via Stockley Bridge to Sty Head. From Sty Head we continued along the Corridor Route to Scafell Pike, climbing to Lingmell Col. From the col it didn't take us long to get to the summit where we sheltered from quite a cold wind to eat oour sandwicches.

After a short lunch break we followed the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag descending from the cloud to Esk Hause, with fantastic views over Borrowdale, Langdale and Eskdale before turning agin north and descending onto the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

The forecast bad weather this afternoon never happened and we had a dry day!

A surprising day on the Langdale Pikes today, we set off from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in thick cloud and rain climbing alongside Stickle Gill to Stickle Tarn.

At the tarn we could only see a few metres into the mist, so we pressed on heading for the North Rake path on the far side of the tarn, as we reached the usual crossing point of Bright Beck we realised thet the water was pretty high, so we continued along the beck looking for a better place to cross.

After a while it was decided that we may as well continue along Bright Beck and climb directly to Thunacar Knott, a great idea as Bright Beck proved to be surprisingly interesting as it climbed between crags in steep ravines.

As we climbed out of the beck we emerged on the Sergeant Man to Thunacar Knott path, turning left to the summit of Thunacar Knott. Here the constant drizzle stopped and the clouds parted, giving wonderful views north over the Borrowdale Fells to Skiddaw and beyond to the Solway, even the Scafells were now out of cloud.

A short walk then brought us to the rocky Pavey Ark, our original first destination, before continuing along the rim of the bowl above Stickle Tarn to the summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the Langdale Pikes. There was still cloud in the valley below, but we could see down to Windermere and Elterwater.

We stopped on the summit for our sandwiches and to admire the splendid views, as we were here the weather improved further and the bright skies came over Bowfell towards us.

After our rest we crossed Harrison Combe to climb to the rocky summit of Pike O'Stickle, yet again some great views, before descending over Loft Crag and down to Dungeon Ghyll and the path down over Pike How and back to The New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

A great day on the Helvellyn Ridge today, we climbed from Dunmail Raise quickly into low cloud and intermittent rain, taking the direct path towards Seat Sandal which was hard work on the wet grass.

The clouds occasionally broke giving us views over Grasmere and Thirlmere before quickly closing in again.

There were no views from the summit of Seat Sandal today so we pressed on, descending to Grisedale Tarn before climbing the zig-zags to Dollywaggon Pike, as we reached the ridge the clouds broke giving us wonderful views in most directions.

We continued along the ridge over Nethermost Pike before climbing to the summit of Helvellyn, stopping in the summit shelter for our sandwiches.

As we sat eating our sandwiches another rain cloud blew in, giving a hail shower this time as we sett off again, it didn't last long and passed by the time we were descending from Helvellyn Lower Man.

As we followed the ridge north over Whiteside and Raise the wind increased getting quite strong as we climbed Stybarrow Dodd.

We avoided all the showers during the afternoon and followed the ridge over the remaining Dodds, Watson's Dodd and Great Dodd before descending to Calfhow Pike and climbing the last slope to Cough Head.

We descended over White Pike to the Coach Road and down to the Threlkeld Cricket Club and into the village.

A long but great days walking.

A perfect day on Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike today.

We set off from Gatesgarth farm at 10am climbing the path to Scarth Gap, the weather was perfect, clear and sunny with great views down over Buttermere.

From Scarth Gap we had some good views over Ennerdale to Pillar, Great Gable and Kirk Fell but from the summit the views were amazing, across the Solway to Scotland in one direction and across the Lake District to Helvellyn in the other.

We stopped on the summit for a quick drink and to admire the views before continuing along the ridge to Innonimate Tarn and then Black Beck Tarn, stopping for lunch at Green Crag with views down over the Buttermere Valley.

After lunch we crossed to Dubbs quarry, taking a look in the bothy before climbing the slope to Fleetwith Pike.

The stunning views were now in front of us as we descended Fleetwith Edge back to Gatesgarth Farm, a great end to a great days walking.

A good day on Scafell Pike today.

After a late start we climbed to Sty Head and followed the Corridor Route, stopping for lunch en route to Lingmell Col and the summit.

We descended along the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause descending along the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A good day with clear views, although a little windy on the tops!

A good day on Scafell Pike today, Setting off from Seathwaite at 10am we climbed by Sty Head onto the Corridor Route and then up to Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike.

The weather was good, although a little cool in the wind, and we stopped near the summit for our lunch before continuing along the ridge over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to descend over Esk Hause.

We followed the path down by Grains Gill back to Seathwaite.

A good day on Helvellyn today, climbing from Glenridding we climbed by Lanty's Tarn and up alongside the wall to Birkhouse Moor where there was a great view of the cirque above Red Tarn.

As we climbed towards Striding Edge the cloud lowered a little, not as low as the edge but just below the summit of Helvellyn.

We carried on traversing the ridge, windy at times, but we took our time on the difficult sections before climbing to the summit of Helvellyn.

We sat in the shelter to eat our sandwiches with occasional good views as the cloud broke but a strong and cold wind that blew in a snow shower, the first of the autumn / winter.

From the summit we descended the Swirral Edge ridge climbing to the summit of Catstycam before descending down to the Greenside Mine path back to Glenridding.

A spectacular day on Scafell Pike today, clear skies and some amazing views.

We climbed from Seathwaite to Sty Head Pass and crossed to climb the Corridor Route to Lingmell Coll, the views were amazingly clear as we climbed to the summit which was covered in a thick layer of frost.

The views were spectacular, but the wind was cold so we sheltered on the south side of the summit for our lunch with views over the Coniston Fells to Morcambe Bay and Blackpool Tower visible further down the coastline to the south.

From the summit we descended over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Esk Hause and down along the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite Farm.

Good day on the Scafell's today. From Wasdale Head, we ascended via Hollow Stones to Scafell Pike. After a short lunch break we descended Mickledore and took the path to Foxes Tarn, then onto the summit of Scafell. We then followed the path over Green How to Brackenclose and back to Wasdale Head.
Weatherwise we had a combination of sunny spells, rain, hail and strong winds.

wet and windy day on Helvellyn and Striding Edge today, we climbed the direct path to Birkhouse Moor, through a few showers, but nothing too bad, but as we followed the ridge past the Hole In The Wall the wind increased and the rain started to fall harder.

We pressed on and climbed to High Spying How, the start of the Striding Edge ridge and took our time to cross the ridge, we had it all to ourselves today, and climbed the steep slope up to the summit of Helvellyn.

After a short stop in the summit shelter we pressed on, the wind was very strong on the summit, descending onto the Swirral Edge ridge and following the path down by Red Tarn and down by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

Today's Brief: Climb Scafell Pike from Seathwaite coming down the last hour or so in the dark.

We set off from Seathwaite just after 10am climbing the Grains Gill path by Ruddy Gill and below Great End to climb to Esk Hause, from the hause we climbed onto the summit ridge crossing Ill Crag and Broad Crag to reach the summit of Scafell Pike just after 3pm.

After a short beak on the summit we descended to Lingmell Col and onto the Corridor Route descending tree quarters po the way down to Sty Head before it got dark and with head-torches on we descended by Sty Head Tarn and down the path back to Seathwaite getting back to the farm at 7pm.

A great day all round.

A good day on the Fairfield Horseshoe, from Ambleside we crossed the fields to Rydal Hall climbing the steep path onto Nab Scar, the first peak of the day.

The views were great, most of the summits were below the cloud level and we had clear views over Grasmere, Rydal and south over Windermere.

From Nab Scar we followed the ridge climbing to the summits of Heron Pike and then Great Rigg, a little rain was falling as we climbed Great Rigg, we pressed on to climb to the summit of Fairfield, stopping in one of the shelters to eat our packed lunches before pressing on, crossing to the summit of Hart Crag and then onto Dove Crag.

We descended the ridge over High Pike and Low Pike, the rain returning in patches as we descended from Low Pike to High Sweeden Bridge and followed the track back above Scandale Beck to Ambleside.

A great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite.

We followed the path climbing to Sty Head from Seathwaite and onto the Corridor Route climbing to Lingmell Col before following the path climbing to the summit of Scafell Pike. As we climbed the final 100m to the summit of Scafell Pike we entered the cloud and it started to snow, settling a little on the summit.

We stopped on the summit to eat our sandwiches, while there the clouds broke and the snow stopped giving some stunning views.

We descended along the ridge north crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag to descend over Esk Hause and below Great End onto the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A spectacular day on The Great Gable Traverse today.

From Seathwaite we climbed by the Taylorgill Force path to Sty Head and onto the climbers traverse path on the southern flank of Great Gable.

We had some gret views as we passed Kern Knotts and climbed towards Great Napes across Great Hell Gate. We climbed up onto the Dress Circle to get the best view of Napes Needle and wathed a couple of climbers on the first pitch of needle ridge before following the scramble to our left crossing the high level traverse to get a oodview of the Sphinx Rock before scrambling back down to the path.

We crossed Little Hell Gate and picked a route up over White Napes an climbed up the side of Westmorland Crag to the Westmorland Cairn where we stopped for our lunch.

After lunch we climbed the short distance to the summit before descending north towards Green Gable, as we descended towards Windy Gap we passed a group with an injured member, but Mountain Rescue was on their way and no help was  so we carried on descending to Windy Gap.

At windy Gap the RAF Sea King Helicopter passed over our heads and as we climbed to Green Gable hovered just over our heads, we watched for a few minutes then carried on descending the path towards Base  Brown and down into Gillercombe and dropped down to Seathwaite on the path next to Sour Milk Gill.

A good day in some good snow on Helvellyn and Striding Edge today, although the weather was pretty challenging at times!

We set of from Glenridding just after 10am climbing by Lanty's Tarn onto the ridge to Birkhouse Moor, there was quite a lot of snow lying on the ground by the time we reached Birkhouse Moor, drifted fairly deep in places, particularly along the wall as we walked towards the "Hole in the Wall", the wind was also increasing as we climbed towards High Spying How at the start of the Striding Edge ridge.

We picked our way along the ridge, taking care over the icy sections and the gusty wind in places on the crest of the ridge, but with care we made good progress along the ridge and climbed to the summit of Helvellyn.

Although we had been in the cloud from Birkhouse Moor we did get occasional glimpses of some great views down over Red Tarn and back towards Ullswater, this cleared for a while while we were on the summit giving is some great views all around, although we were being battered by spindrift blowing across the summit!

It was decided as the wind was getting stronger that  we would not descend the Swirral Edge ridge to Catstycam and instead we would follow the ridge north to White Side and descend the zig-zag path down by Keppel Cove to Greenside Mines and back along the valley to Glenridding.

A near perfect day in the snow today, we set off from Buttermere just after 8am climbing by Sour Milk Gill onto the summit of Red Pike, a wonderful view over the Solway and out to the Isle Of Man with Ireland just visible beyond!

We followed the ridge east climbing to the summit of High Stile and then onto High Crag, descending the steep slope of Gamlin End and onto Haystacks.

The snow was quite deep in places and much of the usually boggy ground on the southern side of Haystacks was frozen over, progress on this ground was slow but we pressed on to climb to the summit of Brandreth and followed the ridge over Green Gable to climb to the summit of Great Gable, watching a snowboarder on theslopes of Green Gable and a paraglider above our heads on Great Gable. We had lost a lot of time between High Crag and Brandreth so it was decided not to climb Scafell Pike, the boulder fields on Broad Crag and Ill Crag would not much fun in the dark!

Instead we descended to Sty Head and followed the path to Sprinkling Tarn and onto the summit of Seathwaite Fell and then over the Allen Crags, here the sun set and we descended by Angle Tarn to Rossett Pike in the dark and down the Rossett Gill path to Mickledore and the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, for a well earned drink, arriving at the hotel at 7.50pm, 10 summits and a great day on the fells.

A horrendous day on the fells today, the forecast was due to deteriorate during the day with 100mph winds due by the end of the day, so we set off early to see what we could do before things got too bad!

We set off from Swirls near Thirlmere at 7.30 climbing the path towards Helvellyn, heavy rain eased as we set off to give showers for the rest of the day, although some were pretty heavy.

Three quarters of the way to the summit the wind was getting too strong and it was decided that it would not be safe to go any higher so we turned round and descended back down to Swirls.

We followed the forest track up to Dunmail Raise and walked down into Grasmere where after a short lunch stop we followed the Coffin Route back to Ambleside.

A disappointing day but there was very little we could do in the end!

A spectacular day on Helvellyn and Striding Edge today.

We set off from Glenridding at just after 10am climbing to Lanty's Tarn, there was a thin layer of high cloud but nothing on any of the summits, as we climbed the ridge towards Birkhouse Moor a mid layer of cloud began to blow over from the south west, covering many of the summits.

Theis began to lift though as we climbed towards Striding Edge and at High Spying How there was just a thin blanket covering some of the high summits.

There was a fair amount of snow still on the northern side of the Striding Edge ridge, but nothing facing south, this made the crossing of the edge pretty easy, we rarely had to tread on the snow and ice.

We made good progress and climbed the steep climb towards the summit plateau, there was a little more snow settled here today, but it was easy enough to climb up and we emerged on the summit in sunshine to look west with several summits peeking out above a layer of cloud.

We walked up to the wind shelter and stopped for our sandwiches and to admire the view.

After lunch we crossed to White Side and followed thepath above Keppel Cove and descended the Zig-zags descending to the track down to Greenside Mines and back too Glenridding.

A good day on The Fairfield Horseshoe today.

We set off just after 10am from Ambleside following the track to Rydal Hall and climbed the steep slope up Nab Scar,  there was a little patchy low cloud this morning which gave some impressive views over Windermere, Rydal Water and Grasmere as we climbed over Nab Scar and followed the ridge over Heron Pike and up to Great Rigg.

As we climbed towards Fairfield the cloud broke on all but the highest fells to the west and we sat and ate our packed lunches in the summit shelter with a magnificent view over the Far Eastern Fells.

After lunch we continued south along the ridge crossing the summit of Hart Crag to Dove Crag and followed the long gentle ridge down over High Pike and Low Pike descending to High Sweeden Bridge and following the track back to Ambleside, back into town just after 4pm.

Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite, Borrowdale today.

We set off from Seathwaite just after 10am climbing by Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route. The path to Sty Head was a bit icy underfoot so care was needed, but as we got to the footbridge over Sty Head Gill we were in the sunshine soo there was no ice underfoot.

As we reached the upper sections of the Corridor Route we reached the snowline, it was a bit firmer than it has been for a few days and we had good fun climbing by Lingmell Coll to the summit of Scafell Pike.

We were in cloud from Lingmell Coll to the summit and this persisted until we were descending by Ruddy Gill later in the day so there were no views from the summit.

After the usual photo's on the summit we took some shelter near the summit and ate our packed lunches.

After lunch we left the summit descending to Broad Crag Col and climbing over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending by Calf Cove and down below Esk Hause tomeet the Grains Gill path below Great End and followed this back down to Seathwaite, walking the last 30 minutes into Seathwaite in the dark.

Although there were very few views for much of the day we had a great day!

A great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set off from Seathwaite at 10am and climbed by Sty Head and along the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col, here we were rewarded with some great views over the Irish Sea to the Isle Of Man.

We climbed the steep slope to the summit of Scafell Pike, now in firm snow and took a break at the summit, sheltering from the cold wind. The summit was in cloud so there were no views today.

From Scafell Pike we descended north to Broad Crag Col, there was a little more snow on this section than at the weekend, but nothing too hard, we crossed Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending by Calf Cove and Esk Hause (there was much less snow here than at the weekend) descending below Great End and onto the Grains Gill path down to Seathwaite, returning to the farm at 4.15.

A wonderful day on Helvellyn and Striding Edge today with plenty of snow right down to the valleys.

We set off from Glenridding at 10am with a few inches of fresh snow underfoot and climbed to a frozen Lanty's Tarn turning off the main path and following the wall along the ridge climbing to Birkhouse Moor.

We followed the ridge west past the 'Hole In The Wall' and up along the ridge with firmer snow underfoot now to the start of Striding Edge.

Ice axes and crampons were used to cross Striding Edge, the edge was in good condition with plenty of snow on it and the winds were quite light and we crossed with little difficulty.

As we climbed onto the edge of the Helvellyn summit plateau we were rewarded with a short glimpse of a large Brocken Spectre before the clouds cleared and it vanished.

We stopped in the summit shelter on Helvellyn for a quick rest and a sandwich.

Our descent was down along the Swirral Edge ridge, the snow on Swirral Edge was good and we had no problem descending, taking the path down by Red Tarn and down by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

Another great day in the snow today, today climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite.

We set off at 10am from Seatoller, the road down to Seathwaite was pretty slippery so we started a little further down the road than usual, walking the mile down the road to Seathwaite and following the track past Stockley Bridge and climbing to Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route, there was about an inch of fresh snow underfoot on top of yesterdays snow and we were breaking new ground on the Corridor Route once we had passed Skew Gill.

From Lingmell Col there was good firm snow and we put our crampons on  and climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike in bright sunshine.

The views from the summit were amazing and we sat behind the summit cairn out of the wind to eat our sandwiches.

After lunch we crossed Broad Crag Col and climbed over Broad Crag and Ill Crag descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause, descending on good snow to the path below Great End and onto the Grains Gill path.

We came down on some quite tricky ice as we descended the Grains Gill path, this was easy enough to cross with crampons, but it took a little while to do, meaning that we desccended to Seathwaite in the dark.

A wonderful day all round.

An icy day on Scafell Pike today despite the thaw over the past few days, we set off from Seathwaite and climbed by Sty Head to the Corridor Route, climbing just past the 2000ft point on the path before a decision was made to turn back, the many short patches of ice had used up too much time.

After a short lunch break we turned round and followed the path back to Seathwaite, arriving back at the farm at 4.30.

A good day climbing Helvellyn from Wythburn today, although there was some high cloud the views were exceptional.

We set off from Wythburn Church just after 10am and followed the main path climbing to the summit of Helvellyn, as we approached the summit a few icy patched made walking a little treacherous, but nothing too bad.

We stopped in the summit shelter for our lunch before continuing, following the ridge south to the summit of Nethermost Pike and over High Crag to Dollywaggon Pike.

From Dollywaggon Pike we descended west over Willie's Wife's Moor and down to Dunmail Raise, following the path back down to the woods and back to Wythburn Church.

Although there was a high layer of cloud all day the views were exceptional with vies to the Cheviots and south past Blackpool Tower to Wales, with Snowdon visible from Dollywaggon Pike!

A great day in murky conditions today, setting of from Boot at 9.30 we climbed the ridge by Eel Tarn and followed the path to Slight Side. Just after leaving Boot we climbed into the mist and didn't come back out of it until we were coming back down to valley level in the afternoon.
The wind, although strong once we were higher wasn't nearly as bad as it had been yesterday and by the time were were on the summit of Scafell there was very little wind. We sat just below the summit cairn and ate our sandwiches before continuing.
After a quick look at the top of Scafell Crag, with Scafell Pinnacle looming out of the mist we descended by Fox's Tarn, the first scree slope was under snow, but by the time we were down to the tarn there was only patches of snow here and there.
he gill below Fox's Tarn was very full with yesterdays rain and the snowmelt so we made our way down to the side of the gully to meet the path below and descended by the wonderfully full Cam Spout and down to the Upper Eskdale Valley.
As we descended by Cam Spout the clouds broke and we were rewarded with wonderful views over Upper Eskdale and up to Esk Pike and Bowfell. The cloud came back in as we followed the track by Silverybield Crag but cleared again as we turned the corner towards the Eskdale Valley, completely breaking as we descended into the valley and walked back to Boot, arriving back just as the sun was setting.

A good day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, we set off from Seathwaite just after 9am following the path by Stockley Bridge to Sty Head. There were several icy patches on the pat, but nothing too bad today.

From Sty Head we climbed the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col, and from the col to the summit of Scafell Pike, there were a few patches of snow left as we climbed towards the summit of Scafell Pike but nothing we couldn't walk around.  As we approached the summit we saw a glimpse of a Brocken Spectre bend us, it only lasted a few seconds though before it was gone again.

There was a little cloud blowing around the high tops today, but as we approached the summit of Scafell Pike it blew away giving us some fantastic views all around. Particularly the view of the Isle of Man sticking up through the clouds.

After eating our sandwiches on the summit we descended north, crossing Broad Crag Col and following the ridge over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and down by Grains Gill back to Seathwaite arriving back at Seathwaite a little before dusk.

A great day climbing Haystacks from Gatesgarth today.

We followed the path from Gatesgarth climbing to Scarth Gap Pass and climbed to the summit of Haystacks. The views from the summit were great, particularly over the Ennerdale Valley to Pillar.

After a short stop on the summit of Haystacks to admire the view we continued, descending to Innominate Tarn, stopping out of the wind to eat our sandwiches.

From Innominate Tarn we continued, descending to Blackbeck Tarn and followed the path over Green Crag, descending by the Warnscale Hut and followed the Warnscale path down to the valley and back to Gatesgarth Farm.

A great day climbing Helvellyn from Wythburn today.

We set off from Wythburn Church at 10am and followed the path up over Birk Side and up to the summit of Helvellyn, we were in and out of cloud on the climb, some cracking views but as we reached the summit we were in thick cloud.

We stopped in the summit shelter for our lunches before continuing, following the ridge south, as we descended from the summit we dropped below the cloudbase and had some great views as we crossed Nethermost Pike, High Crag and Dollywaggon Pike and descended over Willie Wife Moor to Reggle Knott and down onto the forest path back to Wythburn Church.

Only a few pictures from early on (a problem with the batteries today)  but we will add more later.

A wonderful day on Bowfell and the Crinkles today, we  set off from the Old Dungeon Ghyll in Langdale at 10am and climbed along The Band, into the thick cloud pretty quickly. This continued as we climbed towards the Climbers Traverse path, the snow was getting thicker as we climbed, but at this level it was still pretty wet snow, we decided against the Climbers Traverse path and climbed directly to the summit, emerging from the cloud as we climbed, through now thicker and firmer drier snow.

We were rewarded with a Brocken Spectre as we climbed towards the summit. We took shelter  from the cool wind on the summit of Bowfell and watched as the cloud blew over the Scafell Range while we ate our sandwiches.

After lunch we descended to Three Tarnsas we ppassed the top of the Great Slab we saw another Brocken Spectre, over the slab. We descended to Three Tarns and followed the ridge climbing onto the Crinkles. The snow at three tarns was a little wetter again, but it improved again as we climbed onto the Crinkle Crags.

The skies cleared throughout the afternoon giving us some wonderful views from Long Top, the highest of the Crinkles. We descended by Bad Step and crossed the final Crinkle and followed the long slope down to Red Tarn and the Brown Howe path down to Oxendale and the Langdale Valley, a wonderful day in the snow.

A cloudy grey day on the Fairfield Horseshoe today, we set off from Ambleside at 9am and followed the track to Rydal Hall climbing the steep slopes to Nab Scar. It wasn't long before we were in the cloud, seeing very little from then on.

We followed the ridge from Nab Scar over Heron Pike to Great Rigg, from here on we were walking on good snow, much crisper than on Wednesday.

We climbed to the summit of Fairfield and sat in the summit shelter to eat our sandwiches, watching a few people appear and then quickly disappear in the mist.

From Fairfield we continued to follow the horseshoe route, crossing to Hart Crag and then Dove Crag, as we descended towards High Pike we dropped below the snow line onto the damp grassy slopes below, and as we descended from High Pike to Low Pike we dropped below the cloud to get some murky views over Windermere and Ambleside.

We dropped down from the ridge to High Sweeden Bridge and followed the track back to Ambleside.

A wonderful day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today. We didn't hold out much hope when we set off from Seathwaite with strong winds and low clouds and a poor forecast though.

We climbed by Sty Head Pass and onto the corridor route, entering the cloud base at about 2000ft, the damp snow on the lower slopes became firmer as we reached the 2000ft mark and made good walking conditions as we climbed by Lingmell Col and up towards the summit of Scafell Pike. As we climbed towards the summit the clouds above us started to clear a little, with blue skies above, and to our left we had glimpses of Broad Crag and Great End emerging from the clouds.

As we reached the summits the clouds parted  giving us some wonderful views across the clouds, with occasional glimpses of summits sticking through, Scafell, Great Gable and Skiddaw were visible at times, poking up through the clouds.

As we sat and ate our sandwiches more summits started to show themselves for short times, Broad Crag, Ill Crag and Great End as well as Bowfell were visible at times.

After the sandwiches were eaten we descended north, crossing Broadcrag Col to Broad Crag, as we climbed the slope to Ill Crag a great view west over Great Gable cleared. The boulder fields were no problem today with plenty of firm snow covering them and we descended by Calf Cove to Esk Hause and down below Great End and down the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

good day climbing Red Screes from Ambleside today, we set of from Ambleside and climbed by 'The Struggle'  and climbing the long southern ridge of Red Screes, by Snarker Pike. We were in thick cloud from just after leaving Ambleside.

As we approached the summit of Red Screes we reached good snow, quite thick in places and plenty of it!

There were no views from the summit, but we stopped and ate our sandwiches in hope before descending north to Middle Dodd, over some deep drifts.

We descended down to Scandale Pass and down into the Scandale Valley and followed the track back by High Sweeden Bridge to Ambleside, dropping below the cloud only as we reached the valley.

A good day climbing Helvellyn from Wythburn today. We set off from Wythburn in light rain, not expecting too much from the weather. As we climbed above Comb Gill the drizzle stopped, but above Comb Crags we were in the cloud, we were in thick clouds all the way to the summit of Helvellyn. There were a few small patches of snow on the way up, but nothing that couldn't have been walked around if needbe.

We ate our sandwiches in the summit shelter without much of a view before following the ridge south over Nethermost Pike and High Crag.  As we descended from High Crag we emerged from the cloud, at first getting glimpses of views in all directions before as we descended from Dollywaggon Pike emerging below the cloud. The views on the way down over Willie Wife Moor were great, the clouds broke completely to give us sunshine as we descended over Reggle Knott and followed the forest track back to Wythburn Church.

A great day on Scafell Pike today. We climbed via Sty Head and the Corridor Route to Lingmel Col and the summit of Scafell Pike. The weather improved quickly during the morning to give us a good dry day with plenty of views.

From the summit of Scafell Pike we followed the ridge north crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and down the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A great day with plenty to see along the way.

A great day on The Fairfield Horseshoe today. After a damp start the weather quickly improved and by the time we had climbed Nab Scar the drizzle had turned to sunshine.

We followed the ridge from Nab Scar along the ridge over Heron Pike and Great Rigg to the summit of Fairfield. There was a strong northerly wind on the summits today, quite cold and gusty at times and a light dusting of snow on the higher summits, there seemed to be a little more snow to the west on Bowfell and the Scafell Range.

We stopped in the Fairfield summit shelter to eat our sandwiches before following the ridge over Hart Crag and Dove Crag following the long ridge down over High Pike and Low Pike in bright sunshine and dropping down to High Sweden Bridge and following the track back to Ambleside.

A great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, the weather was a little cloudy as we climbed to Scafell Pike, but cleared as we were sat on the summit giving us some wonderful views on the way down and a magnificent Brocken Spectre.

We set of just after 9am from Seathwaite Farm, in the Borrowdale Valley and climbed above Stockley Bridge following the path to Sty Head, from Sty Head we followed the Corridor Route, climbing into the cloud just above the 2000ft point. There was very little to see from here to the summit, and we climbed via Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike in good time. As we approached the summit the cloud began to clear, and we saw a very feint Brocken Spectre behind us.

We continued to the summit and we rewarded as we ate our sandwiches with breaks in the cloud to some wonderful views over Scafell and across Eskdale.

After lunch we descended towards Broadcrag Col where we saw a wonderful Brocken Spectre, with a double aura! After a few photos the spectre faded and we continued crossing Broadcrag Col to Broad crag and Ill Crag and descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and the path down below Great End, taking the drove road and the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite in bright sunshine.

Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, this time in bright sunshine from start to finish!

We set off from Seathwaite at 9am and followed the Sty Head path to Sty Head Pass and onto the Corridor Route, the Weather was wonderful with great views all around, although the far distance was a little hazy. We climbed from the Corridor Route to Lingmel Col and onto the summit of Scafell Pike. The views were great, although a little hazy in the far distance.

We stopped on the summit for a while eating our sandwiches and admiring the view before descending over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending over Esk Hause following the drove road down to the Grains Gill path and Seathwaite.

Another day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set off at 9am and followed the path to Sty Head in intermittent light drizzle and climbed onto the Corridor Route following this to Lingmell Col, the drizzle continued for much of the day and at around 2500ft we reached the cloud base.

From Lingmell Col we climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike, reaching very wet snow at around 3000ft, it was quite windy on the summit so we got the storm shelter out and stopped to eat our sandwiches before continuing along the ridge, descending quite difficult ground to Broadcrag Col before crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Calf Cove and Esk Hause, now out of the snow.

As we descended below Great End by Ruddy Gill we emerged from the cloud and followed the drove road back down to Grains Gill and the path back to Seathwaite.

A great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, we set off from Seathwaite at 9am and climbed by Grains Gill below Great End to Esk Hause following the path through Calf Cove to Ill Crag and across Broad Crag to Scafell Pike.

There was a little cloud on top, but this was being blown over quickly in the strong wind giving us good views all around. As we sat near the summit eating our sandwiches an RAF Search and Rescue helicopter landed a few meters away from us, out on training!

After the helicopter left we descended to Lingmell Col and followed the Corridor Route down to Sty Head and back to Seathwaite.

A damp and windy day on Helvellyn today, we climbed from Wythburn Church following the path up over Birk Side climbing into the clouds just above Comb Crags.

We continued to the summit of Helvellyn, having the summit shelter to ourselves for a little while before others started to arrive.

From the summit we followed the ridge north, descending from the Lower Man to continue to the summit of White Side and Raise before descending to Sticks Pass and the path down to Stanah.

Looking down on Thirlmere before we climbed into the clouds

A glorious day on Scafell Pike today, climbing from Seathwaite we followed the Sty Head path and up along the Corridor Route to a sunny Lingmell Col, the fells were in sunshine but there was a low mist over the Irish Sea with the Isle Of Man sticking up through the cloud. A little cloud blew up the valley and shrouded the summits for a short while but this soon cleared.

We climbed from Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike and stopped in the sunshine for our sandwiches, there was hardly a breath of wind on the summit today as we sat and watched the last of the cloud clear the Helvellyn ridge to the east.

After lunch was eaten we followed the ridge north over Broad crag and Ill Crag to descend over Esk Hause and down the old drove road back to Seathwaite.

A surprisingly good day on Helvellyn today, two groups set off from Paterdale at 9.30 in wind and rain, one climbing to Striding Edge and the other climbing by Grisedale Tarn and over Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike to the summit of Helvellyn.

Not long after leaving Patterdale the rain stopped and the skies cleared to give us a wonderful day with some spectacular views as far as Blackpool and the Cheviots!

Both groups descended by Swirral Edge and Red Tarn back to Patterdale over Birkhouse Moor in strong sunshine.

A great day climbing the Langdale Pikes today, setting off from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel just after 10am we climbed by Stickle Ghyll and up the zig-zags by Tarn Crag to Stickle Tarn and followed the path around Stickle Tarn to the North Rake climbing to the summit of Pavey Ark.

From Pavey Ark a short walk brought us to the summit of Thunacar Knott and then to Harrison Stickle, our highest point of the day. We stopped out of the breeze just below the summit to eat our sandwiches before we continued, crossing Harrison Combe to climb to the rocky summit of Pike O'Stickle before descending over Loft Crag and down alongside Dungeon Ghyll back down to the valley.

A good day in good weather, many of the higher summits spent most of the day in cloud but we were dry and with good views all day!

Good day on Scafell Pike. From Seathwaite, we walked up to Styhead Tarn before ascending to Lingmell Col via the Corridor Route. We then continued to the summit.
Due to it being cold and poor visibility, we did not stay long on the top. After a brief stop for lunch, we descended to Esk Hause then followed the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

Wonderful day on Scafell Pike. We ascended the Corridor Route and returned via Grains Gill.
As we had blue sky and sunshine for the whole day, we lingered for a while on the top enjoying fantastic views and taking photos. Well done to Lucy, who is the first toy poodle [to my knowledge] who has completed the highest peak in all counties of the UK.

A good climbing Haystacks from Gatesgarth today, we climbed to Scarth Gap and up to the summit of Haystacks, stopping to admire the god views as they unfolded on the way up before descending by Innominate Tarn and Blackbeck Tarn to stop for lunch on Green Crag with wonderful views down the length of the Buttermere Valley.

After lunch we descended by Little Round How to Dubbs Quarry before climbing above the quarries to the summit of Fleetwith Pike and the steep descent down Fleetwith Edge back to Gatesgarth Farm.

Wonderful day on Helvellyn today. We ascended to Birkhouse Moor via Lanty's Tarn, then followed Striding Edge to the summit. After lunch and numerous photos, we descended Swirrall Edge, then onto Catstycam before returning to Glenridding via the Greenside Road. Fantastic weather and awesome views.

Really enjoyable day climbing Scafell Pike from Wasdale. We followed the Hollow Stones route and stopped a good while on the summit, enjoying panoramic views and taking photos.
We then descended, taking in Lingmell, before having a well earned pint at Ritson's Bar.

Another really good day on Helvellyn. We took the path to Lanty's Tarn, then continued onto Birkhouse Moor. After a rest stop, we then followed Striding Edge to the summit. We then stopped for lunch before descending Swirral Edge, climbing to Catstycam and descending to pick up the Greenside road. Yet again, another fantastic day weatherwise.
On arrival at Glenridding, we rehydrated at The Travellers Rest.

We had a great weekend in Wasdale, despite the horrible weather.
On Saturday, we climbed Pillar via the high level traverse. After stopping for lunch, we continued to Scoat Fell, Steeple, then Red Pike.
We then retired to the Wasdale Head Inn for the all important end of walk rehydration.

On Sunday we slightly amended our route due to conditions, and had a very interesting "walk" up Scafell via Foxes Tarn. After a brief lunch break, the Wainwright baggers ticked off Slight Side before returning to Brackenclose.
The smiling faces at the cars were a pleasure to behold!

A good day today climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge, we followed the wall from Lanty's Tarn to Birkhouse Moor before climbing by the 'Hole In The Wall' onto Striding Edge.

We crossed the edge with no trouble and climbed to the summit of Helvellyn, stopping in the wind shelter to eat our sandwiches before descending by Swirral Edge and Red Tarn to the Greenside Mines track back to Glenridding.

Another good day climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge today, the early drizzle and wind soon cleared as we climbed by Lanty's Tarn to Birkhouse Moor and onto the Striding Edge ridge to the summit of Helvellyn.

After stopping for lunch in the summit shelter on Helvellyn we continued north to Whiteside before descending by the zig-zags above Keppel Cove down to the Greenside Mines and the track back to Glenridding.

Congratulations to Marjorie who was an inspiration at the age of 85!

A great weekend completing the National 3 Peaks Challenge, we just missed out on the 24 hour mark, but the weather was against us over the course of the weekend.

We set off fro the Ben Nevis Inn at 5pm on Saturday, climbing the tourist path to the summit of Ben Nevis in 3 hours, there was still some snow on top, although far less than on the same weekend last weekend!

We descended Ben Nevis in good time, dropping down to the Glen Nevis Youth Hostel to start the drive down to Wasdale.

We made good time on Scafell Pike and were back in the minibus in 3.30, making up for some for the time lost overnight in bad weather.

We arrived at Pen-Y-Pass with 3.30 remaining of the 24 hours, possible, but tough. The weather was against s though and we were often ankle deep in water  the footpaths and it wasn't possible to rush.

Oh well, everyone did really well on the challenge and 24.30 is a respectable time, very good given the weather we had to contend with.

A great day climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge. We climbed by Birkhouse Moor to Striding Edge and made good time crssng the ridge and climbing to the summit of Helvellyn.

Although windy with heavy showers this morning we were lucky, hail shower passed quite quickly just before and after we were on the Striding Edge ridge.

We stopped in the summit wind shelter to eat our sandwiches before crossing the summit to descend the Swirral Edge ridge, down by Red Tarn and followed the track back by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

A damp day today climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite, we set off from Seathwaite just after 10am and climbed to Sty Head through occasional heavy showers

We followed the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike, a heavy shower reached us as we reached the summit so after short stop to take pictures on the summit we descended to one of the wind shelters for a quick lunch stop.

From the summit we continued north crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and below Great End to meet the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

Although damp we had a great day, with some good views.

A great day on the Fairfield Horseshoe today with good views all day.

We followed the track by Rydal Hall to climb the steep slopes of Nab Scar, with great views south over Windermere and down over Rydal Water.

The ridge continued north crossing Heron Pike and Great Rigg before climbing to the summit of Fairfield. We made good time along the ridge reaching the summit of Fairfield in good time for lunch, stopping in the summit shelter to get out of the fairly strong wind and admire the panoramic views before continuing to cross the summits of Hart Crag and Dove Crag.

We descended the long southern ridge of Dove Crag, crossing the summits of High Pike and Low Pike with great views ahead of us over Windermere throughout.

From Low Pike we dropped down to High Sweeden Bridge and followed the track back to Ambleside.

A good day climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge today, the terrible weather when we set off soon improved, drying by the time we reached Birkhouse Moor and giving us good sunshine by the time we were on the summit.

We climbed by Lanty's Tarn and followed the wall up along the ridge to Birkhouse Moor, following the ridge past 'Hole In The Wall' to Striding Edge.

Striding Edge had dried well by the time we reached it, and the strong winds had eased so we crossed the ridge easily and climbed the steep slope to the summit of Helvellyn.

We stopped in the wind shelter on the summit of Helvellyn, much of the group taking advantage of the hot food and drinks on sale at the summit today, raising money fora trip to Peru.

After lunch we descended the Swirral Edge ridge and dropped down onto the path by Red Tarn descending by Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

A good day on Scafell Pike today, we climbed from Seathwaite to Sty Head where we entered the cloud and followed the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col before climbing to the summit of Scafell Pike.

After stopping for lunch we followed the ridge north, crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and down the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A wonderful day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We climbed by Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route to Limgmel Col, climbing to the summit of Scafell Pike in hot sunshine with no winds.

After stopping for lunch on the summit we followed the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause and down the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

3 groups climbed Helvellyn and Striding Edge on Sunday.

A good day climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge today, we set off from Glenridding in heavy rain, but this soon improved as we climbed by Lanty's Tarn and followed the ridge to Birkhouse Moor.

From Birkhouse Moor we followed the ridge past the 'Hole In The Wall' to reach High Spying How and Striding Edge. We crossed the edge quickly, there was very little wind today and climbed the steep slope to the summit of Helvellyn.

After sopping to eat our sandwiches in the summit shelter we descended the Swirral Edge ridge and dropped down to Red Tarn and the Greenside Mines path back to Glenridding.

A good day climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge, although the morning was a little damp at times.

We set off from Glenridding at 10am and climbed by Lanty's Tarn and followed the ridge up to Birkhouse Moor climbing onto the Striding Edge ridge.

We crossed Striding Edge easily and climbed to he summit of Helvellyn, stopping in the summit shelter to eat our sandwiches. After lunch we descended the Swirral edge ridge dropping out of the poor weather. As we descended by Red Tarnad down by Greenside Mines the weather improved and we reached Glenridding in sunshine.

A good day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, the early rain soon cleared as we set off from Seathwaite climbing to Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and the summit of Scafell Pike.

We sopped by the summit cairn to eat our lunches before continuing to follow the ridge north, crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through Calf Cove to Esk Hause droping down to the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A very damp day on Haystacks today, low cloud and rain continued through the walk, as we climbed from Gatesgarth to Scarth Gap and to the summit of Haystacks.

From Haystacks we descended by Innominate Tarn and Blackeck Tarn to descend by Warnscale Beck, stopping in the shelter of the Warnscale Bothy to eat our lunch before descending back to Gatesgarth.

A great day on the Langdale Pikes today, we climbed in good weather to Stickle Tarn, walking around the tarn to climb to the start of Jack's Rake.

After a short stop below Easy Gully we began climbing Jacks Rake, making good progress and emerging in sunshine onto the summit of Pavey Ark.

From Pavey Ark we continued to the summit of Harrison Stickle, stopping out of the light breeze to eat our packed lunches with a wonderful view over Stickle Tarn and Pavey Ark, watching others progress up Jack's Rake.

From Harrison Stickle we crossed Harrison Combe to the summit of Pike O'Stickle before descending to Loft Crag, following the path alongside Dungeon Ghyll back to the Langdale Valley.

Lovely walk up Helvellyn today.

From Glenridding, we followed the path to Lanty's Tarn then continued onto Birkhouse Moor.

After a short break we had an amusing 'walk' along Striding Edge, before scrambling to the summit where we sat in the shelter for lunch.
We then descended Swirral Edge, climbed Catstycam, and descended again to pick up the path down to the Greenside road before returning to Glenridding.

A good day on The Scafells today, although we were in thick cloud on the summits.

We set off from Wasdale Head just after 10am and climbed the shoulder of Lingmell, climbing to the summit of Lingmell, just in the cloud, although we did get some glimpses of views over Great Gable and north.

From Lingmell we crossed Lingmell Col and climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike, now in thick cloud and after a lunch stop in one of the wind shelters near the summit we descended south to Mickledore, a group of 108 was also descending this route, and after a quick chat with one of their instructors we decided to pick another route and descended from Mickledore to Lords Rake, climbing the rake and to the summit of Scafell.

The cloud was very thick here today, we were unable to see the pinnacle from the the of Moss Ghyll, and after a short stop and a few photos at the summit of Scafell we descended the Green How route, down to Brackenclose and back long the valley to the Wasdale Head Inn.

A great day on Bowfell today, we set off from the Old Dungeon Ghyll and climbed from Stool End up The Band, turning off onto the Climbers Traverse path and crossing to the foot of The Great Slab.

As we reached the slab the cloud blew over us and we were in cloud for much of the next few hours walking.

We climbed up the Great Slab, emerging above it to walk to the summit of Bowfell and stopped for our packed lunches just below the summit rocks, unfortunately no views here today so we pressed on, descending in very thick cloud to Ore Gap and crossing the summit of Esk Pike to descend to Esk Hause and Angle Tarn.

As we reached Angle Tarn the cloud began to break and we were rewarded with some wonderful views from the summit of Rossett Pike.

We descended the Rossett Gill path to Mickleden in warm sunshine and followed the valley back to the Old Dungeon Ghyll.

A wonderful day today climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head, the weather was wonderful all day.

We set off from The Wasdale Head Inn at 10am and climbed the path alongside Piers Gill, scrambling up the rocky sections of the path before crossing the Corridor Route to pick a more direct route above Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike.

We stopped in the sun on  the summit of Scafell Pike to eat our lunches before descending to Mickledore crossing to the foot of Lords Rake we climbed the steep first section of the rake to the West Wall Traverse, crossing the grassy ledge before the easy scramble up the upper section of Moss Ghyll to emerge at the top of Scafell Crag, alongside Scafell Pinnacle.

After the short walk to the summit of Scafell and a short break here to admire the views we descended the Green How path down to Brackenclose and back along the valley to the Wasdale Head Inn.

A wonderful day.

Another good day on Scafell Pike today, this time climbing from Seathwaite by Sty Head and the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and onto the summit of Scafell Pike.

A hot and sunny day, but as we reached Lingmell Col the cloud blew over the top, this soon cleared, just as we reached the summit giving us some wonderful views throughout the afternoon as we followed the ridge north over Broad Crag and Ill Crag descending the old drove road back to Seathwaite.

A near perfect day on Helvellyn and Striding Edge today, we set off from Glenridding at 10am and climbed by Lanty's Tarn, following the wall up onto Birkhouse Moor making good time.

From Birkhouse Moor we followed the ridge, past the 'hole in the wall' to High Spying How and the start of Striding Edge. The conditions on Striding Edge were perfect, dry sunny weather with barely a breeze. We made good time crossing the ridge and climbed to the summit of  Helvellyn, reaching the wind shelter just before 12.30.

After lunch we descended Swirral Edge climbing to the summit of Catstycam before descending down to the Greenside Mines path back to Glenridding.

A very wet weekend on the 3 Peaks Challenge today, some of the worst weather I have ever faced on the 3 Peaks.

We set off from Glen Nevis at just after 5pm, for the first few minutes we were not wearing waterproofs, this would be the only time for the entire weekend we wouldn't be in quite heavy rain.

From ten minutes in tough the rain started, very heavy at times as we climbed in good time to the summit of Ben Nevis, making good time we reached the summit and descended in just under 4h 30m.

After getting into some dry clothes and collecting our food we were on our way to the Lake District, the weather on the journey was horrendous, and we reached Wasdale a little behind schedule, but we made good time, climbing to the summit of Scafell Pike in 1h40m and descending quickly to make an overall time of 3h10m.

A good journey south from the Lake District to Wales gave us a good chance of completing the challenge, we reached Pen-Y-Pass with 3h 50m remaining of our 24 hours, although by now we had by far the worst weather of the weekend, now very wet and windy, good time was made on the way up, reaching the summit in 1h 50m leaving us 2 hours to get pack to the pass, brilliant.

We all reached the pass, the last man in with 20 minutes to spare, wet and bedraggled, but considering the conditions throughout the weekend rightly pleased with their achievement.

Great day on Scafell Pike today. From Seathwaite, we walked up to Styhead Tarn where we had a brief stop. We then followed the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and then on to the summit of Scafell Pike.
After stopping for lunch, we took the path over Broad Crag and down to Esk Hause. From there we took the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.
Blue sky and sunshine all day, but not surprisingly very busy.

Really nice day on the Fairfield Horseshoe. From Ambleside, we walked along to Rydal Hall then steeply up to Nab Scar.  We then followed the ridge over Heron Pike and Great Rigg to Fairfield where we stopped for lunch.

After a bite to eat and time spent taking photos, we wandered over to Hart Crag and Dove Crag before descending over High Pike and Low Pike before returning to Ambleside.

Weatherwise, it was also a good day, being dry with good visibility for the duration.

A good evening on Scafell Pike today, we sett off from Wasdale at 9.30pm climbing the Brown Tongue path as the sun set, reaching Lingmell Col and the summit of Scafell Pike in the dark, the night was incredibly clear and we were able to see a long distance, the orange moon gave good light as we descended back towards Wasdale, returning to our cars at 1am.

Another great day on Helvellyn today. We set off from Glenridding at 10am and climbed by Lanty's Tarn, following the ridge to the summit of Birkhouse Moor. The views today were exceptional and the winds light as we climbed to High Spying How and onto Striding Edge.

We made good time crossing Striding Edge and climbed to the summit of Helvellyn, stopping in the sun to admire the views while we ate our lunches.

After luncch we desccended the Swirral Edge ridge to Red Tarn and followed the path down by Greenside Mines and back to Glenridding.

A damp day above Ennerdale today, we set off from Bowness Knott at 10am and followed the valley track beyond High Gillerthwaite and climbed the path to Scarth Gap following the path over Haystacks, stopping just beyond the summit of Haystacks to eat our sandwiches.

After lunch we continued past Innominate Tarn and Blackbeck Tarn before climbing onto the Moses Trod path. From Moses Trod we descended east back down to the Ennerdale Valley along the Tongue path, passing the Black Sail hut and following the valley track back to Bowness Knott.

A good day on the Langdale Pikes today. We set off from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and climbed by Stickle Gill following the zig-zags below Tarn Crag to Stickle Tarn in thick mist by now. We circled the tarn to climb the North Rake route to the summit of Pavey Ark.

We traversed the rim of the combe above Stickle Tarn to the summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest point of the day, stopping in the shelter of some rocks to eat our lunches before continuing over the summits of Pike O'Sticle and Loft Crag, descending alongside Dungeon Ghyll back to the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel.

A great day on Scafell Pike today, setting off just after 10am we climbed by Sty Head in good bright weather, and although there was a little cloud coming and going on the summit of Scafell Pike we continued along the Corridor Route climbing to Lingmell Col and then up to the summit of Scafell Pike.

After the usual photo shots on the summit we stopped out of the breeze to eat our sandwiches before continuing along the ridge north, crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag before dropping down through Calf Cove to Esk Hause.

From Esk Hause we descended below Great End and followed the Ruddy gill path down to Grains Gill and back to Seathwaite.

Another great day climbing Helvellyn via Striding Edge today, near perfect weather gave us some great views.

From Glenridding we climbed to Lanty's Tarn and followed the wall along the ridge to the summit of Birkhouse Moor, following the ridge to High Spying How and onto Striding Edge.

We crossed Striding Edge with little difficulty and climbed to the summit of Helvellyn, stopping in the wind shelter to eat our packed lunches and admire the excellent view, one of the clearest views I've ever seen from Helvellyn!

After lunch was finished we descended the Swirral Edge ridge and climbed to the summit of Catstycam, descending to the Greenside Mines path and down to Glenridding.

Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set of from Seathwaite at 10am and climbed by Stockley Bridge to Sty Head from where we crossed onto the Corridor Route climbing to Lingmell Col and the summit of Scafell Pike in good time.

After the usual photo stop at the summit we decided to descend a little and stop for lunch away from the crowds near the summit, finding a good spot just above Broadcrag Col.

After lunch we crossed Broadcrag Col to Broad Crag and followed the ridge over Ill Crag to Great End before descending to meet the path below Esk Hause and followed it below Great End and down the Ruddy Gill path by Grains Gill and Seathwaite.

A great day climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge today.

We set off from Glenridding at 10am and climbed by Lanty's Tarn following the wall up onto Birkhouse Moor.

From Birkhouse Moor we followed the ridge up over High Spying How and onto Striding Edge.

We crossed the edge easily, the weather was good with very little wind and we climbed the steep headwall to the summit of Helvellyn.

After stopping in the summit shelter to eat our sandwiches we crossed the summit plateau we descended Swirral Edge and dropped down to Red Tarn and after one brave member of the group took a short dip in the tarn we descended by Greenside Mines and back down to Glenridding.

Today we had a group of 11 adults and children raring to
tackle Helvellyn, of which consisted of Amelia aged 7, Barney aged 10, and Abi
who had been ill the night before. We started off on the walk and the weather
seemed to be improving by the minute. Amelia was quick to tell me that this
time last year she made it two thirds of the way up Scafell Pike but could not
quite make it to the top, so today was her day to conquer a mountain. The group
set a brisk pace as we ascended towards Birkhouse Moor, and in order to keep
Amelia’s attention off her tiring legs Josh kept her amused with one of his
fascinating stories. By midday the group was at the hole-in-the wall and really
ready to have some fun on Striding Edge, also at this point we were fortunate
enough to have a fly past by a Eurofighter Typhoon (here at LDW we like to
provided added value sights you see!) This was the point where Amelia decided
to tell us one of her own stories about King Jamie (Jamie) and Jiggly Wiggly
the Ugly Troll (Ben), although the story was somewhat altered upon Jamie’s
cues. The entire group done a great job of taking on Striding Edge and Barney
showed his natural ability as a Rock climber as he hopped across rocks and made
easy going of tough sections. After a quick spot of lunch on the summit
admiring the views of the central fells the group set off down Swirral Edge.
After making extra quick work of this shorter edge we headed down to Red Tarn
to watch Josh take a quick swim, and to see the full moon (his bottom!). After
not too long the group was back to the car park at the bottom having had a
great day out on the mountains. A great day out with a great group of people,
and what a fantastic day to have as my first for the company.

Starting at 10am from Glenridding we set off up towards Birkhouse Moor with our sights set on Helvellyn

. We were soon admiring the views out towards Ullswater and High Street. Shortly after midday the group was on top of High Spying How ready to
tackle Striding Edge. Everyone done tremendously well on the ridge, sticking to the most exciting route as much as possible. After making easy work of ‘The Chimney’, and scrambling up the last section of rock towards the summit we were soon eating our sarnies on the summit admiring views of the central fells.

After our short lunch stop the group made short work of Swirral Edge. We then descended past Greenside Mine to make it back to the car park in a little over 6 hours.

A fantabulous day walking today, taking in Scafell Pike and Great End. Terry and Chris Lockwood, Les and Alan all met me at Seathwaite Farm at 10am. The weather report I had seen the previous night hinted showers mixed in with sunny patches, but this was far from the case at the start, the sun was already beating down and it was obvious the group was raring to get high and see some views. We took the path up to Stockley Bridge, and then cut across and up towards Styhead Ghyll. Our path ahead of us, the Corridor route up to Lingmell Col, was laid before us. By half twelve we had completed the corridor
route and were about to start our last slog up to the summit of the Pike. On
the way up we cut off the path to our special Wastwater viewpoint. Shortly after half one we were on the summit of the Pike. Alan had now got his ‘big three’ sealed up (Ben Nevis, Snowdon and SFP), and we all sat and enjoyed the fantastic
views over much needed lunch break. The group was doing great for time so we decided to bag Great End on the way past. This was another great opportunity for Les and Terry to put their photography skills to the test as Borrowdale was
laid out before them. We worked our way round to the top of Grains Gill, where we filled up our water bottles from the stream, and then started our long descent path down. About an hour and half later we were back at our starting
point, and all felt sufficiently tired. A fantastic walk, with a great group,but most surprisingly amazing weather all day! Ill take another serving of that please.

What a great day! To say it was windy would be a major understatement! I met the group (Phil, Matthew, Rosemary and Jenny) at the usual spot in Glenridding at 10am, and we immedietly got on our way. We followed the track up towards Birkhouse Moor at a stunning pace, of which my legs from having done 10 miles yesterday (And Rosemary's of course) were not too happy about! As we got over the brow of Birkhouse Moor the wind hit us in the face, and it was quite bracing to say the least. It was at this point we discovered Matthew was a bit of a peak bagger, and he quickly ran off and bagged Birkhouse Moor. Half an hour later we were huddled down by High Spying How at the start of the ridge; I briefed the group on the ridge and we were soon on our way. It was only a matter of meters of being on the ridge that we decided it was too windy to be walking the exposed ridge line so we dropped onto the path beside. Matthew tackled parts of the ridgeline, and the rest of the group peered over the edge at one point to see the steep drop that they were not risking to be blown into. The entire group tackled the Chimney and done very well, and had soon scuttled up the last scramble and on to the summit. We swiftly grabbed a few photos and headed for the summit, and here we felt the full force of the wind. This would be our usual spot for lunch and being half one already we were all getting quite peckish. The Shelter was full  and we couldn't stay out in the open, especially as I was not risking losing my Jam sandwich to a 100m drop down to Red Tarn! We continued on moving, leaning into the wind and thinking heavy thoughts, and headed half way down Swirral Edge and picked our lunch spot in a nice windless hollow.

After a well deserved break we headed on. Matthew detoured off and bagged Catstycam as the rest of the group followed the gentle path back to Red Tarn. Before we knew it we were all sitting in the Cafe back in Glenridding drinking Tea and Beer. Smashing day, another smashing group, smashing Jam Sandwich and a smashing cup 'o tea!

We started our walk today from Seathwaite farm and headed towards the Stockley Bridge. We followed the path around Seathwaite Fell to join Styhead Gill. As we got to Styhead Tarn we were greeted by a marquee, filled with tea coffee and cakes! (Yum!!!) Running the marquee was a group raising money for Mountain Rescue, and had raised over £1000 in the last day (What a great job, keep up the good work!) We pressed on after a quick refuel and walked up the corridor route. Just as we came to Lingmell Col the cloud level started to drop and the summit of Scafell Pike was lost to the mist. On the way up to the summit the cloud kept clearing and offered us snapshot views out over the Borrowdale Valley, and Great Gable. The wind was howling across the summit, and with very limited views on offer we quickly moved to the nearby shelter for a spot of lunch.

After lunch we continued back over the tops (Broad Crag, Ill Crag) back to the top of Grains Gill. It was only here that it really started to rain. About an hour later we were back at Seathwaite Farm. The Group had done very well and completed the walk in 6 hours.

Today my group was made up of Dan and Becky (From Mondays Scafell Pike Walk) Matthew a.k.a 'Trippy"  (from yesterdays Skiddaw Walk) and Tracey. We set off at 10 towards Birkhouse Moor. The group made great time and was quickly at 720m. Matt ran off and continued his bagging and got Birkhouse Moor. We all enjoyed the flat walk in to High Spying How and everyone was excited about starting the ridge. The group all made great progress along the ridge, especially as none of them had really done anything like it before. The group was gaining confidence by the metre, and quickly dominated 'the chimney'. We scuttled up the final scramble, got ourselves a spot in the shelter on the summit, and enjoyed our lunch. After lunch we headed down Swirral Edge with Matt displaying some great route finding skills. Matt and Dan bagged Catstycam and then we continued down the path towards Greenside Mine. Another great day up Helvellyn, Cheers guys! Written by Matt Burt

Today I met Martin, Michael, Jim and Ruairi at the Wasdale Head, ready to take on Englands top two mountains, plus more! We set off at 10am with the weather looking fine. We took the path that skirted around the side of Lingmell, but the group (mostly Jim!) wanted to use the option and visit the summit of Lingmell too. This is a great move as although it is steep, it maintains great views all the way up. We reached the summit of Lingmell at about midday, had a quick breather and set off straight for Scafell Pike. We made a quick ascent of the path to the summit and were soon hunkered down in a shelter out of the wind eating our lunches. So far the day had been great, the weather was improving and so was the banter! We descended to Mickledore and then followed the broken track down towards Eskdale before rejoining the path that heads up Scafell via Fox's Tarn. Again we were soon on the summit ridge and bagged Scafell. We took the path down to Green How and all had our little slips and tumbles along the way. We worked our way along the flat top before finding our descent slope down to the flatter fields. Before we got to the bottom we took a nice 15 minute break in the sun, with magnificent views down over Wastwater. We finished the day with a gentle stroll along the road back to the Wasdale Head INN. I personally found this day extremely enjoyable, and the guys in the group said they felt the same, and it would have been hard not to! A wicked route up 3 great mountains, in great fun filled company with excellent weather, ahhhh this is the life! Writen by Matt Burt

Today I met David at Seathwaite Farm, ready to take on Scafell Pike. The weather looked grim but we set off ready for a great day! The track heading up to the Stockley bridge was practically a stream, so I was wondering what delights we had to come higher up the mountain. We were soon up by Styhead Tarn with the corridor route in sight. The Cloud was very low and  there were multiple streams in full flow coming down every mountain we could see. The rain kept coming in waves, and half way up the corridor route we thought the cloud was actually going to lift enough to give us some views from the summit of the Pike, we were wrong. As we reached Lingmell Col we were completely engulfed in the mist, and also being hit hard by strong gusts of wind. We made a super quick ascent up to the summit and made straight for one of the shelters. The stuning views (fog) did not hold us on the summit for long, so after a bite of lunch we made our way over Broad Crag, Ill Crag and around Great End to the top of Grains Gill. We took our time coming down this path as again it had water flowing down it. On the way down I stupidly said 'There hasn't been that much rain today has there, not really', and minutes later a long shower came in, silly me! We were soon back at Seathwaite Farm having bleen blown around and watered effectively, but also  having had a great day on the hills! (Enjoying writing this even more as I sit here seeing the worst weather of the day through the window, phew!) Written by Matt Burt

Another wet and windy day today, this time our planned route of climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge was cut short and instead we climbed the summits of Birkhouse Moor and Catstycam.

From Glenridding we climbed by Mires Beck and up onto the summit of Birkhouse Moor. By now it was pretty obvious that Striding Edge was out of bounds for the day so we stopped by the Hole In The Wall and got our shelters out for a bit to eat before continuing by Red Tarn, here we split into two groups with the more adventurous heading up onto the summit of Catstycam with Chris while the remainder of our group descended with me towards Greenside Mines and back to Glenridding.

A thoroughly wet and windy day was enjoyed by all!

Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite.

A good day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set f from Seathwaite just after 10am and climbed by Sty Head and the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and the summit of Scafell Pike. On the way up the cloud was high and we had some wonderful views, but as we climbed towards the summit from Lingmell Col the cloud dropped.

There was very little to see from the summit, we stopped in one of the wind shelters to eat our lunches before following the ridge north crossing Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending by Calf Cove and Esk Hause to meet the Grains Gill pat back to Seathwaite.

Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite.

We set off at 10am and climbed by Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route. The cloud was well broken as we climbed towards the summit of Scafell Pike from Lingmell Col and although we were often in the cloud we also had some good views as the cloud blew over.

We stopped in the shelter of some rocks near the summit cairn and ate our sandwiches before continuing north along the ridge over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending by Esk Hause to meet the Grains Gill path below Great End following it back to Seathwaite.

What an exciting day we had today! Starting from our usual spot in Glenridding, myself, Rachael, Ruth, Felicia, Helen, Darren and Carole all set off to tackle Helvellyn.

The sky looked overcast and the trees were being blown frantically so we already knew we were in for an interesting one, nonetheless we were ready to give it a good go. We made our way past Lanty's Tarn and unfortunately shortly after Rachael and Ruth decided today was not their day for Helvellyn and opted to turn back. We pressed on and were soon up to Birkhouse Moor. From here we could see Helvellyn was sitting under a blanket of cloud, and we were also feeling a greater effect of the gusts. I took the decision (encouraged by John's movements in the distance with another client) to opt out of Striding Edge today, so we followed the track towards Red Tarn. From here we could see John and his client start to tackle Swirral Edge, so we thought we would do that to!

We made our way up Swirral Edge, getting hit by multiple gusts. From this I could tell that the summit plateu, notorious for wind even on a summers day, was going to be wild! Just before we broke out onto the plateau to grab the summit and return, I briefed the group on what to expect and what the plan was. The plateau was deffinitely different, but an exciting kind of different of course! The wind was easily up to about 80mph, making the rain feel like flying needles. I turned to check on the group and at one point thought Felicia was going to be taken with the winds, fortunately Carole linked arms with her and made sure she stayed firmly planted to the ground, phew! We didn't linger at the summit and quickly retraced our steps back to the top of Swirral Edge.

We descended the edge and followed the path back to Red Tarn. We leisurly strolled along the path back to Greenside Mine and back along to the car park. Bearing in mind for the entire 6 hours of the walk there had not been more than 30seconds where it had not been raining, pretty much as soon as we entered to the car park the clouds parted, and out come the sun and blue sky, typical!

Today I met Louise, Sarah, Tony, Mick, Claire, Claire and Jacqui at Seathwaite farm. Guess what!? It was raining, no suprises for Seathwaite there! However everyone was optimistic that the weather was going to improve throughout the day. We set off up towards Stockley Bridge and then climbed over to Styhead Ghyll. We reached Styhead Tarn, but unfortunatly the mist was down and the views were very restricted. We got onto the Corridor route, and by now the rain had eased, it looked like the forecast was right, woop! A Lady came running up from behind us asking if we had lost a phone, it wasn't ours but I took the phone (Iphone 4, very posh!) and said I would ask everyone on the way if they had lost it. We worked our way onto the side of Scafell Pike and the group were ready to make their way up the final ascent and bag the summit. On our way to the summit we were passed by a fell runner, we thought he was either really far ahead of the rest, or really far behind! As we reached the summit it was evident he was far ahead as dozens of other fell runners appeared. After a few summit snaps we went to our usual TLDW shelter and cracked out our lunch. A few minutes later a golf ball bounced off the shelter wall. It turned out some yobbos were smashing golf balls off the summit, and didnt think that other people were around......idiots. I got the phone out of my bag and all of a sudden it rang, it was the owner asking for their phone back, so luckily for them they will be getting it back soon.

We left Scafell Pike, mostly in fear of getting a golf ball to the face, and headed over Broad Crag, Ill Crag and round Great End. Just as we were descending towards Grains Ghyll a Sea King Helicopter was loweing itself between Sprinling Tarn and Styhead Tarn. Mick got very excited and I said he could run ahead and try get a picture of it from above. Unfortunately Mick was a little too late, however he came back to Grains Ghyll just ahead of us and started to descend. We saw Mick moving ahead of us and were waiting for him to stop, but he didnt, and that was the last we saw of Mick! We think he was going to check if he left his car lights on. We were now being blessed by Blue sky and even a little bit of sunshine, it had become a lovely afternoon. We got back to Seathwaite Farm in 6 hours 45 mins and a great day had been had by all.

This morning I met Carl, Sally and Marion in the car park at Glenridding. The group told me that they had done limited walking in the Lakes and were feeling anxious about taking on Striding Edge and Helvellyn. We got cracking about 10.20 and started to climb towards Birkhouse Moor. We summited Birkhouse Moor and the group took in their first views of the challenge ahead. We made our way to High Spying How and started to feel the full force of the wind. Yeah it was windy, but not enough to stop this group from taking on this Lake District Classic! We hit the ridge and the group started cautiously. Everyone in the group had said that they were not great with heights, so it was interesting to see how they would react when they were in the thick of it on the ridge. The whole group perfromed extremely well and we were on the summit before we knew it. After a quick lunch stop of a wind blown summit we took on Swirral Edge and then headed back to Red Tarn. The group descended back to the car park at a great pace and were back at the cars in just over 6 hours. Written by Matt

Wow what an amazing day! 12 miles and 12 summits!

Today I met Gavin and Anne in Threlkeld, but instead of hitting the fells we jumped into John’s car and he gave us a lift down
alongside Thirlmere to Dunmail Raise. From Dunmail Raise we made our way to Raise Beck and started to make our way up the valley. We climbed high into the mist and soon we were at the zig-zagging path that would take us high onto
Dollywagon Pike. Although this steep ascent was early in the day, we knew it was the hardest bit of the day, as once we gain the height we maintain most of it for the remainder of the day.

As we got towards the summit of Dollywagon we were completely engulfed in the mist, and we were starting to feel the full force of the wind we were likely to be experiencing for the rest of the day. We summited Dollywagon Pike, and soon moved on and summited High Crag. We were now in full flow and reached the flat summit of Nethermost Pike. Next on the cards was
Helvellyn, our highest of the day, and also our lunch spot. We made it to the summit shelter shortly after midday and we were all ready for a bite to eat.

We didn’t stop for long and headed towards Lower Man, and then followed the ridge line down to Whiteside Bank. The following peaks contained lots of short ascents and descents. We made our way over Raise, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson’s Dodd and then Great Dodd. After a short stop in the summit shelter we descended to Calfhow Pike. From here we started to get some great views out over towards Keswick and Thirlmere, but they were shortlived as we started our ascent on our final summit of the day, Clough Head. We had reached our final summit and were all feeling sufficiently knackered. We dropped out of the mist and were greeted with fantastic views across to Blencathra, and our final destination, Threlkeld. We stopped and admired the view for a few minutes, but with the great risk of seizing up and not going again we started the final leg of the day.

We made our way off Clough Head to the Old Coach Road. We then descended the last 300m across the fields towards the Cricket club, and before we knew it we were back in Threlkeld.

A few weeks ago I stated the Fairfield Horseshoe is a must-do walk for any keen hillwalker, and this epic walk easily falls into the same category. A fantastic day on a route that everyone must do! AMAZING!
Written by Matt.

A great day climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head today, we set off from Wasdale Head at 10am and climbed the long grassy slopes of Lingmell, steep at first but easing towards the summit. We had some wonderful views from Lingmell across the valley to Great Gable and north through Borrowdale as well as west over the coast.

From the summit of Lingmell we crossed Lingmell Col and climbed to the summit of Scafell Pike. There was a little cloud blowing around on the summit of Scafell Pike so we didn't have the best of views from the summit, but we sat behind the summit platform and ate our sandwiches with occasional glimpses of views.

As we descended towards Mickledore we dropped below the cloud base and were rewarded with some magnificent views of Scafell Crag and down into Upper Eskdale, we dropped down the Eskdale side of the ridge a little way to pick up the Foxes Tarn path, climbing the damp rock by the waterfall easily to the tarn and then up the scree slope onto the summit plateau of Scafell.

After a short detour to see the tops of Scafell Crag and Scafell Pinnacle we climbed the short distance to the summit cairn. The views from here were magnificent and after a short rest we descended towards Wasdale in the sun, a great day.

Three days until October and I am sitting here typing this with a sun tan! What a wicked day!

I met Marion (from Sundays Helvellyn Walk) and Anne (From yesterdays epic ridge walk) in Seathwaite. There was a stiff breeze but the sun was shining, we knew we were in for a real treat. We walked along to Stockley Bridge and then climbed over to Styhead Ghyll. At Styhead Tarn we got views of our route, and even the summit of Scafell Pike.

The corridor route provided us some shelter from the wind, and even some shade from the blazing sun. We were soon at Lingmell Col ready to take on the final ascent up the Pike. Half way up we got fantastic views over Wastwater, and after a few snaps we cracked on for the summit. We made the summit about 1.30 and all briskly got out our lunches.

We made our way across the tops and down along to the head of Grains Ghyll. The sun was still beaming and walking back to Seathwaite was incredibly enjoyable! Fantastic Day!

Day 1:

Today our route was to tackle half the Buttermere Fells. After meeting Rob, Karen and Caroline outside the Bridge Hotel in Buttermere we made our way down the footpath that leads to Scale Force Waterfalls. Karen, a fairly new hill walker could not believe the route we were going to do today, as well as not believing she would be able to do it however I knew she was about to be proven very wrong! We contoured around to Scale Force Waterfall, and after a few very pretty pictures we made our way up the hardest ascent of the day. It was on this section we felt a little bit of the days drizzle, but fortunately that was all it was. As we got to just over 500m we got amazing views down to Buttermere and also up to our first summit of the day, Red Pike. We pushed on and tackled the steep flank of Red Pike and were soon enough on top tucking into our sarnies! From here we had breathtaking (not even an exaggeration!) views over to Pillar, the Gables, the Scafells, the Langdales and even through into Keswick.

The next section of the route was undulating and after another short climb we were at the highest point of the day (and weekend) on top of High Stile. We soon pressed on and followed the now narrow ridge line along to High Crag, our final summit of the day. From here we descended the steep slopes and followed the path along to Scarth Gap. On this part of the walk we gained fantastic views of Sundays objective, Haystacks. At this point in time Karen didn't want to think about going up Haystacks, but I am sure after a good nights sleep she will be raring to bag it in the morning! We descended down Scarth Gap to the shores of Buttermere Lake and completed the final couple of kilometers along the lakeside.

Without hesitation we all walked straight into the Beer Garden in the Bridge, and were soon sipping cool drinks and tucking into a bag of Walkers, Crackin'!

Day 2:

This morning I was joined by Rob, Karen and Caroline from yesterdays walk, as well as Neil (Birthday Boy) Michelle, Lynda and Mark. We started from Gatesgarth Farm and the morning was looking bright......200m down the track we were all donning our waterproofs, oh well it was coming anyway! The group climbed the track up to Scarth Gap and soon enough we were facing the final scrambly ascent up to the summit of Haystacks. By now we were feeling stronger gusts of wind and the rain was hammering down. We reached the summit at 11.30 and after a few summit snaps, and a quick happy birthday sing song for Neil we made our way East. We passed Inonimate Tarn, the iconic location where A.W's ashes were scattered. The ground was undulating but we were dropping altitude, and eventually we got fantastic views underneath the cloud and down the valley into Buttermere. I led the group to Dubs Hut, on the flank of Fleetwith Pike, where we were able to eat our lunch under the shelter of a slate building. From here we descended down the path back to Gatesgarth Farm. A thoroughly enjoyable day of which everyone enjoyed!

If these sound like your kind of walks you can join us on The Buttermere Fells Walk, Haystacks or even a whole Buttermere Walking Weekend

Very enjoyable day on Scafell Pike today. From Seathwaite, we walked up to Styhead Tarn then followed to Corridor Route to Lingmell Col and on to the summit. After having lunch and taking photos, we descended to Esk Hause then took the path via Grains Gill back to Seathwaite.
It stayed fine and dry all day, however the anticipated sunshine never really materialised. At least it didn't rain.

A wonderful day today climbing Helvellyn by Striding Edge.

We set off from Glenridding at 10am and climbed by Lanty's Tarn turning off the main path here and following the wal up the ridge climbing to the summit of Birkhouse Moor.

The views o the climb were magnificent today, and as we reached the summit of Birkhouse Moor we were rewarded with magnificent view of Striding Edge, Helvellyn and Swirral Edge.

We set off from Birkhouse Moor following the ridge past the 'Hole In The Wall' and climbed to High Spying How and onto Striding Edge. Although there were a few nerves we crossed Striding Edge without too many problems and climbed to the summit of Helvellyn for a well deserved lunch stop.

The views from the summit of Helvellyn were magnificent, although the distant views were a bit hazy we had good views across the Lake District.

We descended by Swirral Edge and followed the path down by Red Tarn and Greenside Mines back to Glenridding.

A good day climbing Bowfell and the Crinkle Crags today, the weather wasn't great but we had a good time climbing Bowfell by the Climbers Traverse and the Great Slab.

As we set off from the Old Dungeon Ghyll this morning the weather was looking promising with only the tops of The Crinkles and Bowfell in the cloud but as we climbed The Band the rain set in continuing for the rest of the day.

We climbed from The Band onto the Climbers Traverse to the foot of Bowfell Buttress, although this was invisible in the mist, and climbed The Great Slab to the summit of Bowfell.

We didn't stop for long on the top of Bowfell, the view wasn't up to much, so we descended south to Three Tarns and cmbed by the Shelter Crags, stopping for lunch in the shelter of the crags while the rain briefly stopped.

We continued crossing the Crinkle Crags climbing to the summit of Long Top, the highest of The Crinkles and descended by the newly laid path crossing the final Crinkle and descending out of the cloud to Red Tarn.

From Red Tarn we climbed to the summit of Pike O'Blisco back in the cloud before descending the southern path from the summit, the pitched path was very slippery and took some care to descend but we made it down to the road and the Old Dungeon Ghyll in one piece.

Well another wild windy day has hit the Lakes, but it was not to stop us from hitting the hills! Our main objective of they day was Helvellyn via Striding Edge but even from the visitors centre in Glenridding this was looking unlikely. I met Claire, Claire and Mark at our normal spot and we were soon on our way. To try and shield ourselves from the worst of the wind we took the well established path up Mires Beck, however the rain still managed to find us! We worked our way up to Birkhouse Moor, grabbed the summit and quickly made our way to some flat ground and popped up the shelter. The shelter was a welcomed break from the wind, until the wind started to properly batter the side to the point I thought we were all about to take off! Unfortunately the wind also managed to rip the indow off the shelter! During our short stay in the shelter we decided (very wisely) that today was not to be the day we would be making our way to the summit of Helvellyn via either of the edges. We opted to take a stroll along to Red Tarn, where we had a bite to eat and then followed our usual track back down via Greenside Mine. A shame we couldn't have gotten higher today but we all live to walk another day! Written by Matt Burt

A great day on Helvellyn today, from Glenridding we headed up by Lanty's Tarn and followed the wall up along the ridge to the summit of Birkhouse Moor.

The wind on Birkhouse Moor was pretty strong so we pressed on climbing by The Hole In The Wall to High Spying How. As we climbed onver High Spying How onto the start of Striding Edge the wind eased, we were now in the shelter of the summit of Helvellyn.

We crossed Striding Edge with few problems and climbed to the summit of Helvellyn, stopping in the summit shelter to eat our lunches before continuing across the windy summit plateau. We descended the Swirral Edge ridge and climbed to the summit of Catstycam for the last great views of the day before descending onto the Greenside Mines path back to Glenridding and a well deserved drink at the Travellers Rest.

A good day climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head today.

The forecast for the day wasn't great but we were hopeful as we set off from Wasdale Head, we climbed by the Brown Tongue path and up onto Lingmell Col, the wind was pretty strong but so far there we none of the heavy shower predicted.

As we reached the Summit of Scafell Pike a short sharp hail shower hit us, this soon eased as we descended towards Mickledore though, we found a good spot below Broad Stand to eat our lunches out of the wind before descending to meet the Fox's Tarn path.

There was plenty of water coming down from the tarn today but we climbed by the waterfalls without any problems, as we climbed the steep slope above Fox's Tarn another hail shower hit us, a little longer this time but this eased off as we reached the summit of Scafell. There was nothing to see from the top now though as we were now in cloud.

We descended the Green How path dropping out of the cloud quickly and descended the grassy slopes to Brackenclose getting back to the Wasdale Head Inn as a heavy shower reached.

A great day climbing The Langdale Pikes by Jack's Rake.

We set off at 10am and climbed the zig-zags above Stickle Gill to Stickle Tarn and followed the path along the eastern side of the tarn to the foot of Jack's Rake.

The weather was great, although there  was quite a strong breeze we were well sheltered so we pressed on climbing Jack's Rake with some magnificent views and few difficulties we reached the summit of Pavey Ark in good time, the wind here was pretty strong so we didn't stop for long, descending a little and taking the lower more sheltered path to Harrison Stickle.

After a short stop on the summit of Harrison Stickle, our highest point of the day, we descended, crossing Harrison Combe and climbing to the summit of Pike O'Stickle. There were magnificent views from here across the Langdale Valley, we descended and found a nice sheltered spot in the sun to eat our sandwiches before crossing to the summit of Loft Crag, where a light shower passed over before we descended to the path alongside Dungeon Ghyll, following this back down to the valley.

This morning I met Kevin, David and Hazel in Seathwaite ready to take on Scafell Pike. We made our way up to the Stockley Bridge and the drizzle and low cloud had settled in, none the less we pressed on! Soon enough we were at Styhead Tarn and from the mist came a voice asking if we were going up the Pike. This was where we met Will and Verity, two walkers who were slightly mis-placed and could do with a little help. We continued up the Corridor Route and made exceptional time to Lingmell Col. The group continued to impress by making a stunning ascent up the side of the Pike and onto the summit. After a short lunch stop we made our way back along the tops. It was much colder, the wind was up and the drizzle had again set in so we were keen to get around Great End and to the top of Grains Ghyll. We regained some views back down into Borrowdale on our descent back to Seathwaite Farm. Yet another cracking day on the fells!

Another successful day climbing England's tallest today, Scafell Pike.

I was joined today by Gill and Phil who were fairly new to hillwalking, and after their ascents of Wales's tallest, Snowdon, they thought they would come and tick off Scafell Pike. The sky looked misty and the drizzle was about to come down but with determination we cracked on to Stockley Bridge. The large amounts of rain that had fallen overnight was teeming off the fell side and Grains Gill was looking very full! We followed the path across to Styhead Gill and made our way to Styhead Tarn. Unfortunately at this point we were well within the cloud so could not see the views. It was also here at the stretcher box where we had seen our first walkers of the day, and what we thought until later on the last! We followed the corridor route at a great pace and were soon on the slopes of Scafell Pike, facing the final ascent. I was still amazed at this point that we had not seen anyone else on the mountain, and it continued to stay this way. We summited, and after a quick photo headed for our little lunching shelter. We made our way off of Scafell Pike and across Broad Crag, and finally we saw some other walkers. However the walkers kept on coming, as though there had been a traffic jam! About a dozen people later we were again alone on a rather desolate looking Ill Crag. We made our way across the final boulder field and followed the path back to Grains Gill. We descended back under the mist and gained some fantastic views back down the valley. A fantastic day!

This morning I met a group all the way from Essex in Glenridding, ready to climb Helvellyn. We set off up the track and soon found ourselves at Lanty's Tarn. Everyone found themselves stripping off their layers as the weather was simply amazing! We continued up the steep hillside and rounded the hilltop by Birkhouse Moor to gain amazing views of Helvellyn itself. We walked across the flatter ground to High Spying how, now gaining great views into the valley bottom and down to Red Tarn; we pressed on and made our way onto the edge. Everyone in the group scrambled exceptionally well, especially as it was their first Lake District Mountain experience. We took the hardest line all the way along the edge, tackled the chimney and quickly scuttled up the final scramble. We made our way onto the summit, and after a few pictures we  headed for Swirral Edge. We made quick work of Swirral Edge and descended to Red Tarn. Soon enough we had followed the track down past Greenside Mine and back to the Car Park. A great day out at which everyone should be chuffed with their achievments!

Another good day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set off from Seathwaite at 10am in sunny weather, with just a little cloud on Great End. After climbing above Stockley Bridge towards Sty Head we saw cloud descending over the higher tops and some light rain started to fall.

From Sty Head as we climbed on the Corridor Route the rain fell a little heavier and we climbed into the cloud just above the 2,000ft mark, the rain soon eased of and we climbed by Lingmell Col and up to the summit of Scafell Pike.

There were no views from the summit of Scafell Pike so we stopped in the usual shelter to eat our lunches. After lunch we descended out of the cloud as we dropped down to Broadcrag Col and crossed Broad Crag and Ill Crag and as we descended through Calf Cove to Esk Hause we were rewarded with some wonderful views over the Langdale Pikes and to Helvellyn.

We descended north from Esk Hause and dropped below Great End following the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

Apologies for the late post, but here is what we got up to yesterday!

I met the group at Seathwaite Farm and unfortunately the weather was very grim! In the usual TLDW fashion we were up for the challenge and ready to take on Scafell Pike! We set off towards Stockley Bridge admiring the full waterfalls along the way. We took on our first ascent of the day and made our way over to Styhead Gill.  On our way to Styhead tarn we passed another group of walkers. The Leader of the group approached me and said 'Did you speak to those others going down? They said there is only 10ft visibility!'....the reaction in my head was firstly, thats pretty standatd for SFP, but also Awesome! Although fog and mist spoils the views it can enhance a mountain day in ways to make it feel like a much more dramatic environment. We joined the corridor route and made our way up the hillside. By this time the rain had eased and the wind was starting to dry us off! In great time we had made our way to the final ascent to the summit, and after a brief rest stop we headed for the summit. The mist was blocking any views of what was to come for the group, so they were unawares of how much further there was to go, but soon enough we were on the summit plateu about to summit. We got to summit, had a few photos and headed straight to the shelter to get out of the wind. As with many of our lunch stops this time of year it was short as we all started to cool down, so we heaved ourselves out of our seats and got on our way across the tops. About an hour later we came off Ill Crag and suddenly, as though someone had opened the curtains we got amazing views across to Esk Pike, Bowfell and the Crinkles. This was a great moment for the group as the last time we had seen anything was at the start of the corridor route! We admired the views and continued to Esk Hause. Here we were hit by a very bracing wind, which must have been blowing at over 70mph and gusting more, we stood here for a minute or two so the group could experience such strong winds (without having to put there head out of the window on a motorway of course!). We continued to the head of Grains Gill and were again greeted with amazing views towards the gables and down into Borrowdale. We made good time back down to Seathwaite Farm and arrived back after 6 hours 59 mins and 30 secs, with a guide time of 7 Hours....Perfick'!

Written By Matt Burt

A fantastic day climbing Helvellyn & Striding Edge today, but unfortunately for the last time this year! :(

I met my group, Juanita, June, Lucy, Claire, Julia, Alison and Georgina at our normal spot in Glenridding. (This was my first group of all women, so I was hoping they would play nicely with me! haha) The forecast for the day was awesful, however it seemed the eastern lakes was avoiding the worst of the weather, and aprt from some low cloud it was quite nice. We made our way to Lanty's Tarn and then started to climb up to Birkhouse Moor. We made the summit of Birkhouse Moor in good time, most likely because we were in the fog and were not getting the fine views back towards Ullswater. We were now on the flatter ground making our way towards High Spying How, and the start of Striding Edge. Soon enough we were at the start of the ridge and after a quick briefing we cracked on. Some of the group were nervious, anxious but I am sure excited too! The mist was down so we could not see down either side of the edge, which I think helped. All the ladies scrambled very well, tackling all the hardest sections, even when the gusts started to pick up. Everyone tackled the chimney and then the final scramble. Just as we were reaching the summit plateau the mist blew through for a few seconds to give amazing views of the edge, and the opportunity for the ladies to see what they had just conquered in fine style! I think at that point the sense of achievement that the group was feeling was doubled instantly (although I did hear Claire say it made her feel dizzy!) We got ourselves to the busy summit shelter, but found a place to grab a spot of lunch. The stop was short, and then we made our way to Swirral Edge. We tackled the steep first section but then met the path for easier walking. The cloud had now lifted and we were getting great views of the side of Striding Edge, Catstycam and the fells in the distance. We enjoyed a leisurly walk back down to Greenside Mine and then made our way to the pub for a nice cool drink to round off the day. A fantastic day, and I am already looking forward to when we will be up there again!

Wow what a great day! I met Bill at the Wasdale Head INN and we set off to meet the main track that ascends Scafell Pike. We got caught in a couple of waves of drizzle, but despite low cloud for the rest of the day, this was all the rain we faced! At a great pace we ascended the steep track to Hollow Stones, and then continued on to the zig-zags, and at this point we entered the mist. After tackling the steep final ascent we made it to the summit, and Bill was now on the highest point of England for his first time :)

Aftert a short lunch in our usual shelter we summited again and then made our way off the misty summit and descended towards Mickledor. At the rescue box we took the steep broken path down towards Eskdale to meet the path that goes up to Fox's Tarn. This path was a scramble up the waterfalls and it was great fun! We both got to the top of the falls and had really enjoyed the scramble. We now had one last steep ascent of the day, so we got our heads down and plodded up the loose rocks to the summit of Scafell. From the summit we followed the track down past the top of Lord's Rake and then across Green How. We were now under the cloud and getting some fantastic views back over Wastwater, Lingmell, Yewbarrow and even Great Gable had come out of the cloud. We made our way off the steep grassy slope and across the fields to the road that runs back to the INN. We enjoyed the easy plod back to the car park and were both revelling in the fantastic day we had had.

Another great day climbing Scafell Pike today! I met Simon, Paul, Bailey the chocolate labrador, and James, a trainee Mountain Leader at Seathwaite Farm. We set off at a storming pace of which we maintained for most of the day. After crossing Stockley Bridge we climbed the hillside and made our way over to Styhead Gill. We passed a few large groups on our way to Styhead Tarn and saw a few more climbing the Corridor Route. Unfortunately the cloud was low and thick, brining heavy rain/ drizzle storms with it so we were not able to get any of the great views. Soon enough we were at the base of Scafell Pike and ready to take on the final ascent. In yet another impressive time we were on the summit of the Pike, but now feeling a very strong wind as well as the rain we made a b-line for the shelter. After a very short lunch stop we continued over Broad Crag and Ill Crag and down to Esk Hause. We then descended Grains Gill, and it was now that we finally got under the mist to get some more views. After a fast but great day on the hills we were soon back at Seathwaite Farm.

A great day climbing Scafell Pike today. The 2nd of November and we are still getting amazing weather on the fells which is giving us some fantastic views!

I met Joanna at Seathwaite Farm and we were keen to get on our way up the flat track to Stockley Bridge. We climbed over to Styhead Gill past Taylorgill Force and continued to make our way up to Styhead Tarn. From here we could see the mist was just covering the tops of Lingmell and Great End, but then sun was poking through the clouds to provide the most dramtic of views. We made our way along the corridor route, which was nicely sheltered from the wind that we had previously been experiencing. We were soon at Lingmell Col ready to climb the final ascent to the summit of Scafell Pike. It was only half way up this ascent we saw our first fellow hillwalker of the day! We felt there was a party somewhere that we hadn't been invited to! :( haha. We got to the summit and were hit by some strong winds coming from the East, so after a few snaps next to the summit trig point we headed for the shelter. Amazingly it didn't feel quite as cold up there as it has done the last few trips, so our lunch stop was slightly longer than the 5 minute 'gobble and go', and we actually had a whole 15 minutes before we felt we should warm up again. We made a quick descent off the Pike and onto Broad Crag where we saw our second person of the day. Unfortunately this person was temporarily mis-placed (lost) and they needed a little guidance back to where they needed to be. After navigating the boulders of Broad Crag and Ill Crag we were soon down out of the mist at Esk Hause, where we were now getting fantastic views over towards Bowfell and the Crinkles, The Langdale Pikes, and down into Borrowdale. We waved off our lost welshman and continued on our path down to Grains Gill. We had another tea stop at the head of the valley again admiring the views and putting the world to rights before starting this final descent. We got back to Seathwaite Farm and had both had a very enjoyable day. Crackin'! Written by Matt Burt

Wow! What a great day!

I met Rob and Elena at Seathwaite Farm this morning, and the weather was looking absolutely fantastic. I decided to mix it up a little bit this morning (for a few various reasons) and reversed the route. We climbed the steep path straight out of the Farm up past Sour Milk Gill, and the Waterfalls making our way towards Base Brown. Instead of following the well established track that skirts around Base Brown alongside Grey Knotts we made our way off the track up towards the Hanging Stone. After making our way around the face of Base Brown we reached its summit. This is an interesting place to look back on where you have come, as horizontally we have only travelled about 400m, but we had climbed a massive 646m vertically. We could now see our next two summits, Green Gable and Great Gable. We climbed some more to the summit of the lesser Gable but got some fantastic views over towards Pillar Rock, down Ennerdale and also down into Buttermere. We descended into Windy Gap and then picked our way across the boulderfield to the summit of Great Gable. From here we got amazing views over Wastwater and also the Scafells. As we had made good time to the summit of Gt. Gable we chose to descend to Beckhead instead of Styhead Tarn. After a short lunch stop at Beckhead we decided to take the climbers traverse across the front of Gable to Styhead Tarn. After a bit of fun on the climbers traverse we were at Styhead Tarn, and now just had the easy descent back to to Seathwaite Farm. An excellent day walking on a great route with great weather! Written by Matt Burt

A cracking day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, near perfect weather as we climbed from Seathwaite by Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route. We made good time as we climbed to Lingmell Col and up to the summit of Scafell Pike.

The views from the summit were magnificent as we sat and ate our lunches. After a short stop we headed off, crossing Broadcrag Col and climbing over Broad Crag and Ill Crag before descending through calf cove to Esk Hause and below Great End onto the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

Today was truly fantastic, and a very special one as Clive (A regular TLDW walker and a close friend of the company) finally got views from the summit of Scafell Pike after 3 previous attempts!

Myself, Rob (from yesterdays walk) and Clive started from Seathwaite Farm and although there was a bit of frost on the ground, the sky was crystal clear, we knew we were in for a good one!

We set off to the Stockley Bridge and then climbed up the hillside alongside Taylorgill Force. This climb warmed us all up quickly and we were soon walking in our T-shirts, In November!!!!

From Styhead Tarn we got amazing views towards Lingmell, Great End, and Scafell Pike. We got on the corridor route and soon enough we were on the final climb up to Scafell Pike. On the way up we stopped off at the viewpoint and took some snaps looking down over Wastwater. 5 Minutes later we were on the summit of Scafell Pike, with views!
Clive’s mission was finally accomplished! Yay!!! We stopped on the summit for a snack and soaked up the views before moving off over Broad Crag, Ill Crag and made our way to the summit of Great End. On the summit of Great End we were again soaking up amazing views but we stopped a bit longer this time and enjoyed our lunch in the sun.

We descended down to Grains Gill and then followed this long path back to Seathwaite Farm, enjoying even more amazing views in the afternoon sun. What a great day, again! :D Written by Matt Burt

A good day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, we set off from Seathwaite at 9am and climbed by Sty Head and onto the Corridor Route climbing by Lingmell Col to the summit of Scafell Pike, there were a few people near the summit of Scafell Pike who had climbed up from the Wasdale side of the mountain, but otherwise we didn't pass anyone else all day.

From the summit of Scafell Pike we crossed Broad Crag and Ill Crag descending by Esk Hause and down onto the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

I met the group bright and early this morning at Seathwaite Farm ready to climb Scafell Pike. The weather was dry but a bit windy, and better than the forecast had stated. We got on our way and were soon at Stockley Bridge. We ascended past Taylorgill Force and gained the flatter ground that leads towards Styhead Tarn. On this stretch we started to feel some more of the wind that was forecast. Shortly before the Stretcherbox by Styhead Tarn the rain started and we felt the full force of the wind. Taking the conditions in mind, and that it was now unfortunately worse than forecast we thought best not to press on to Scafell Pike and make our way back down the valley. Instead of heading back the way we came we ascended up past Sprinkling Tarn under the shelter of Great End and met the path that runs down the valley next to Grains Gill. Although we didn't get to the top it was great to get out nonetheless.

After meeting outside The New Dungheon Ghyll Hotel we got on our way to tackle the Langdale Pikes. The weather forecast was showing a continuation of the strong winds have had recently, coupled with a bit of rain/ sleet but otherwise clear. As we set off it was clear but after a few hundred meters up the Stickle Ghyll the heavens opened and we donned our waterproofs (we were probably being quite optimistic not to start with them on! haha) The waterfalls up the Ghyll were full to the brim and made great viewing. Soon enough we had climbed up to Stickle Tarn. The usual crossing across the stream coming from the tarn was quite full, and not wanting to drop back down the ghyll a hundred meters or so we opted to walk all the way around the tarn to meet the path that leads up to Pavey Ark. This little walk around the Tarn turned out to be really nice and a nice change. We met our path a few minutes later and were back on track. We made our way up the loose path through the crags and then followed it up the gully to the summit plateau. The summit of Pavey Ark provided amazing views back down to Stickle Tarn, down the Langdale Valley towards Windermere and also of our next objective Harrison's Stickle (Thunacar Knott is sometimes included on this route, but due to wind direction and now sleet that was coming we opted to skip it out to avoid the pain! haha) By the time we made our way onto the summit of Harrison's Stickle we had not had a shower for a little while and we just had the winds to contend with. We descended off of Harrison's and made our way across the flat ground to Pike 'o Stickle. We were at its base within minutes and scrambled up its short but steep path and bagged the summit. We didnt stay long and retraced our steps back to its base. We now walked the short distance to Loft Crag (where Pike'o Stickle looks much more impressive!) and then found a little crag to sit behind to offer us shelter from the wind while we had some lunch. After our short stop we followed the track back down to the the New Dungeon Ghyll. A bracing but excellent day climbing a fantastic group of fells!

A successful but breezy day climbing Scafell Pike today!

I met James at Seathwaite Farm, already wearing more layers than usual! It was quite chilly. We got on our way and immedietly fell into a great conversation about Nepal, as James is off to Everest Base Camp in March and was climbing Scafell Pike with us today as a means of training for his trek. This conversation stuck with us for most of the first bit of the walk, and before we knew it we were past the stockley bridge, up past Taylorgill Force and at Styhead Pass. Here the wind was whipping up from the Wasdale Valley so we made quick movements towards the far more sheltered corridor route. We made great progress up the Corridor route, getting caught in a couple of light showers along the way. Just before Lingmell col we ascended into the mist, and took this moment to take a brief rest bite. Now on the final push we made our way up the steep ascent to the summit of the Pike. As we hit the zig zags we were also hit by a strong wind but we pressed on. Very strangely as we made our way onto the flat summit plateau, the wind disappeared! It was very strange! We walked with ease onto the summit, where there was evidence of ice starting to build up. As we reached the cairn we were then smacked in the face by more wind coming from the south. It was on the summit that we saw our first fellow hillwalkers of the day! We had already made the decision due to the wind strength and direction that we would be better off going back the way we came and not taking the exposed ridge line route back along the tops. We descended off Scafell Pike and re-joined the corridor route. We had a pleasant descent, apart from the ball bearing type hail that hit us at about 50mph, ouch! haha. A great day out!

Starting from Seathwaite Farm, just after a short shower of rain we made our way towards Stockley Bridge. From the Stockley Bridge we climbed the hillside past Taylorgill force and followed the path to Styhead Tarn. Very suprisingly we could see the summit of Scafell Pike, as well as Lingmell and Great End. I was also suprised to see that Scafell Pike didn't seem to have much snow on top compared to the amount Helvellyn has had the last couple of days.

We joined the Corridor route and slowly traversed the hillside towards Lingmell Col. As we neared the col we kept getting blown by gusts of wind, so we knew that when we got to eh top we wouldn't be able to stay out in the open for long! We climbed the last steep slope to the summit, now walking through the small patches of snow. After a few summit pictures we gained shelter for some lunch. As expected the lunch stop was short due to getting cold so we got back on the trail towards Broad Crag Col. Broad Crag and Ill Crag seemed to be holding much more snow but the group still made great progress over the undulating ridge.

We descended to Esk Hause and then dropped down the path next to Grains Gill back to Seathwaite Farm. A great day in the hills!

A wild day on Helvellyn today as the snow starts to arrive!
We set off from Wythburn at 9.30am and climbed the steep path through the woods and up the steep Wythburn path to the summit of Helvellyn.
Lower down the winds were very light but these got much stronger as we climbed higher and as we reached the summit the wind was whipping the snow and hail across the summit plateau.
After a brief stop in the shelter we pressed on southwards crossing the summit of Nethermost Pike and climbing to the summit of Dollywaggon Pike before descending out of the winds over Willie Wife Moor and down by Reggle Knott to meet the path back to Wythburn.

A second winter day on Helvellyn today again climbing by the Wythburn path to the summit of Helvellyn.
The wind today wasn't nearly as strong as yesterday but there was much more snow settling and falling today.
After a short stop in the summit shelter we headed south, crossing Nethermost Pike and. Limping to the summit of Dollywaggon Pike before descending west over Willie Wife Moor and down over Reggle Knott to meet the path back to Wythburn.
Not long and we may have some real winter walking on our hands!

A very snowy day today climbing Scafell Pike from Seatwaite.

We set off from Seathwaite at 9am and climbed above Stockley Bridge to Sty Head, there was a good covering of snow on the lower slopes, a little damp, but no new snow, from Sty Head onwards there was plenty of fresh snow, soft an deep, very hard work.

We pressed on climbing along the Corridor Route, slow progress but good fun breaking new ground, a few places on the path took a little extra care. We eventually reached Lingmell Col several people had been up this way today so we followed their footprints to the summit of Scafell Pike

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It was pretty late in the day and there were no views from the summit today so we just stopped for a short lunch stop before pressing on, descending the steep slope towards Broadcrag Col, there was plenty of snow along the ridge, but walking was easy, it took less time to get to Calf Cove than during the summer!

We descended through Calf Cove to Esk Hause, picking up the drove road down to Seathwaite, getting down to the farm at 4pm. A great day, although hard work and we hardly saw anybody all day!

2012 is here, and what a great way to spend new years day!

Starting at Wythburn Church we pretty much started our ascent from the first step as we made our way through the forest. As we emerged from the forest we came into an amphitheatre like comb which was absolutely stunning, especially as the recent rain was making all the streams very clear. We continued to ascend on the good path to the very aptly named Comb Crags. The path made its way through the crags before turning to the North making its way over Birk Side. Soon after we were on the main plateau by Nethermost Pike, but our first objective of the day was Helvellyn. Up until this point we had been rained on a bit but the loud was still above the summits. As we made our way towards the summit the cloud dropped and with it our view disappeared. There were still quite a few Cornices hanging around which was good to see. We made it to the Summit of Helvellyn where we could see even bigger cornices forming over the steep back wall. To have a break and shelter from the weather we sat in the shelter and enjoyed our lunch.

We continued the walk by turning south and summiting the flat top of Nethermost Pike . We rejoined the main path which led us towards High Crag and then Dollywagon Pike, where we got spectacular views straight down the Grisedale Valley, and out to Ullswater in the distance. With all our summits bagged we started to descend down towards Willie Wife Moor. Just a few metres into the descent a hail storm set in, which really hurt! Like real mountaineers we pressed on.... however this was short lived (literally 30 seconds!)  and I quickly grabbed the group shelter out of my bag and we sought some shelter while the storm went over (this turned out to be one of the favorite bits of everyone's day!). The storm did soon pass and with our stinging faces we continued our descent, and that was actually the last of the bad weather. We got to Reggle Knott, a large rocky outcrop and were rewarded with fine views down pretty much the full length of Thirlmere.

Just a short descent from here brought us to the track that led us back to our start point at Wythburn Church. A thoroughly enjoyable day out on a fantastic route!

January 2nd and we have our first ascent of over a hundred for the year up Scafell Pike. The forecast was again showing some grim weather which included snow showers, and with the sleet smashing off my windscreen on the way to Seathwaite, I thought it was going to be a bit of a wild one!

I met the group at Seathwaite Farm and there was a nice break in the weather, and the cloud base was suprisngly high, maybe it was going to be ok, but having been caught out just minutes from the car before, I donned my waterproofs straight away. We made our way to Stockley Briudge and climbed past Taylorgill Force. With no sign of rain we all started to overheat a little, as we even started calling it 'quite mild!' After a quick layer adjustment we made our way to Styhead Pass and admired the surrounding fells. There was not much evidence of snow on the ground apart from the odd patch up high. We joined the Corridor Route and made great time as we ascended to Lingmell Col. As we joined the track to ascend Scafell Pike we emerged into a strong wind. We got to the Zig Zags and as we got to the western face of the ascent it turned into a winter wonderland. All the rocks had been blasted with Ice, and although pretty it meant we had to walk with extra caution. As we got higher and higher the ice got more and more impressive. We reached the summit plateau in the mist and the summit emerged out of the cloud. We bagged the trig point and quickly saught shelter in our usual spot (Although there was a massive pile of snow taking up half the shelter!) After a great lunch to refuel we went to head off the summit to the north to follow our usual route towards Great End. A big patch of consolidated snow was covering most of this northern aspect, and with a couple more northern slopes to descend later in the route we opted to return via the Corridor route.

We made quick progress back down to the Corridor route in order to get out of the wind. We had great views back down Borrowdale and into Wasdale all the way. We returned via Styhead Tarn and back down past the Stockley Bridge. Just as we got back to the cars a hail storm started, now thats what you call timing! A fab day out!

I met the group at Seathwaite Farm, and just as we set off we were caught in a rain storm. Fortunately for us it didn't last long at all! We made our way to the Stockley Bridge and then climbed above Taylorgill Force to Styhead Tarn. From Styhead pass we joined thr Corridor Route and started to make our way upo the hillside. The cloud was blowing across the tops and occasionally allowing us a few minutes to look up at the summit of Scafell Pike. As we got to Lingmell Col we were in the mist, and had moved into a strong South Westerly wind. We trudged up the steep ascent and summited Scafell Pike, before making quick progress into shelter and out of the strong wind.

With the temperature easily down to about -5 in the wind we didnt stop for long. Our usual route over towards Great End still had large amounts of snow on the northern slopes, and this coupled with the strong winds that we would be exposed to over the tops, we decided to descend via the Corridor Route.

We made good progress off the hill and made our way back to Seathwaite Farm.

Another clear crisp winter day on the cards, and what a great place to be going, the summit of Scafell Pike!

We set off from Seathwaite towards Stockley Bridge and we were all very excited about what the day was going to hold, the weather was just fantastic! We reached Stockley Bridge and climbed up past Taylor Force Gill. We were encountering large bits of ice on the path, so we were wondering what we would encounter higher up. We got to Styhead Pass and admired the surrounding mountains before making our way onto the Corridor Route. We made great progress up the path, stopping to admire the view doen the Wasdale Valley, as well as the stunning face of Great Gable. Soon enough we were at Lingmell Col and on the final ascent. On the way up we went to the impressive viewpoint that looks down to Wastwater below. We reached the summit, which was actually quite busy. There was a bit of a wind so we gained some shelter beside the large summit cairn and quickly gobbled down some sarnies. We didn't stop long as it was so cold so we made our way off the summit towards Broad Crag Col. We continued to enjoy the amazing views along the tops of Broad Crag and Ill Crag before dropping down via Calf Cove to the top of Grains Gill. The path down Grains Gill had a lot of ice on it so we took our time, but we made it back to Seathwaite with big smiles on our faces from such a great day out!

Another fantastic day forecast and blimey did it produce one! I met Claire and Gina at Wythburn and we got moving straiught away before our toes fully froze! The start of the climb was steep, but it warmed us up and gave us good height gain early on to gain some spectacular views, especially as much of the ground was white with frost. We climbed around Comb Crags and started to feel the wind, which started to cool us down a little. The views continued to get better and better as we made our way to Helvellyn. On our way to  Helvellyn we got amazing views of Striding Edge, and before summiting we went to the exit ramp of the edge to have a look directly down onto it. We had a spot of lunch on the summit but didnt stop long as it was quite chilly. This was when the felltop conditions man appeared on the summit and Gina went to ask him what the temperature was. He told us it was -3.6 degrees C, but -12 with Windchill! and it did feel it!

We walked the short distance southwards to the summit of Nethermost Pike, and then round over High Crag to Dollywagon Pike, where we were rewarded with amazing views down the Grisedale Valley. It was here we saw the interesting flying saucer like clouds (see picture). We descended down to Reggle Knott over the frozen boggy ground, where again we had great views, this time of the full length of Thirlmere. We walked back to Wythburn along the flat track in the forest. A fantastic day to be in the fells!

With my friend up, a few days off and the nice break in the weather continuing, we thought today would be a great day for some scrambling! We set off from Seathwaite and made our way up to Styhead Pass. We took the start of the climbers path that traverses across the amazing Southern face of Great Gable. We made our way across the boulders following the track towards the Napes. Soon enough we were staring up at Napes Needle, but we stopped here for a spot of lunch and admired the clear views over Wastwater and over to the Scafells. 'Threading the Needle' is to scramble around the back of the Needle, which is easier said than done, but still great fun all the same! The right hand side is a steep chimney which tests your climbing ability, but with a bit of shimmying and twisting we were standing behind the Needle. To complete the thread we had to down climb the left hand side, which is a steep polished section, and after a few careful foot placements we had done it. This was a great start to the scrambling, and now we were to follow the Climbers Traverse to the start of Sphinx Ridge. The Sphinx Ridge has the aptly named Sphinx Rock at its base, so the start of the ridge is easy to find. The ridge starts up a gully but soon enough you emerge onto the crest of the ridge for some fantastic scrambling. At the top of the scramble all the Napes Ridges merge into one grassy bank, which gives it a great Alpine Feel (but no snow! :( ) In front of us we now have the Westmorland Crag, which holds Pinnacle Ridge. A very short descent down some scree leads to the base of this Ridge. The scramble starts with some steps and then goes past the pinnacles. It finishes with easy rocks which turn into a path that then leads to the summit. We enjoyed the view from the summit and then descended over Green Gable and round Base Brown back to Seathwaite.

This was a fantastic day of scrambling, and one of the many routes we will be offering in 2012 on our scrambling days.

The Langdale Pikes is a real gem of a walk, and even more so on a windy day! Due to the close proximity of the four summits it means there is only limited time spend on high exposed ground.

We started from outside the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and joined the very good track that runs up the side of Stickle Ghyll. Just as we had set off it had begun to rain, but after a few minutes this had eased, and due to the climb we were all already stripping off layers! Soon enough we were up at the impressive Stickle tarn, with the even more impressive cliff face of Pavey Ark ahead of us. Our route today did not take us up the classic scramble of Jacks Rake, so we followe the path around the flank of the cliff and climbed up the good gully path. Just as we emerged at the top of the path we were hit with a hail storm, and the previously bagged layers were quickly put back on! We bagged Pavey Ark, and after a few minutes of admiring the fantastic view we pressed on towards Harrissons Stickle. The summit of Harrisons Stickle was extremely windy so again we didn't linger for long. We crossed the short plateau that lies between Harrisons Stickle  and Pike O Stickle and were ready to take on our third summit of the day. Pike O stickle has a path that leads to the summit, but it is best enjoyed when scrambled, so we all picked a line of our own and made our way to its rounded summit. From this summit we made our way to Loft Crag, where we sheltered for a spot of lunch. The descend brought us out of the wind, and after about an hour we were back outside the hotel.

Another great day above Seathwaite today.

We set off again at 9am, this time climbing to Sty Head and following The Band up the north western ridge of Great End, the snow was a little damper today than it had been at similar heights yesterday, but we pressed on and as we got higher it became firmer underfoot.

We decided to climb Custs Gully which was in pretty good condition and this proved easy enough as we emerged onto the summit of Great End in sunshine.

We stopped behind the summit rocks to eat our sandwiches before descending back down to Calf Cove, spending a little time here to brush up on some of the skills that had been learnt over the weekend before descending by Esk Hasue and the Grains Gill path back to Seathwaite.

A great day on Great End!

A great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set off from Seathwaite at 9am and climbed to Sty Head, the skies began grey but as we climbed up the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col.

There was much less snow today than there had been the past few days, as we passed the 2000ft mark there was a little more, but it was very soft and wet until we were on the last climb up to Scafell Pike.

There were some great views from the summit, but also a strong wind so after a quick photo stop at the summit we retired to a shelter for our lunches.

After a short stop we continued, descending the steep slope to Boradcrag Col before climbing again over Broad Crag and Ill Crag descending out of the wind into Calf Cove.

There were great views as we descended over Esk Hause and down below Great End onto the Grains Gill path, gatting back to Seathwaite just before 4pm.

A great day on the fells.

A great day today climbing Helvellyn from Wythburn.

We set off from Wythburn Church at 100am and climbed by Birk Side in glorious sunshine to the summit of Helvellyn. There were some great views today, stretching as far as Blackpool Tower to the south and north over the Solway to the hills of Dumfries and Galloway.

After a short stop in the summit shelter for our lunches we headed south, crossing to the summit of Nethermost Pike, the ground was a little icy as we crossed High Crag and onto the summit of Dollywaggon Pike, descending by Willie Wife Moor and down over Reggle Knott, with it's spectacular views over Thirlmere down to Dunmail Raise and the path back to Wyhtburn Church.

A great day out!

For some a mountain is only a true mountain if it stands above 600m. This unwritten rule used to have Wainwright foaming at the mouth, especially when it came down to his favorite fell, Haystacks. He loved this mountain, and of all the fells in Lakeland, this was his number 1. What it lacks in stature it more than makes up for with its other fine attributes. Our walk today on Haystacks, despite the lack of ascent, and the few miles walked was most deffinetely a mountain day!

I met Mags and Anne at Gatesgarth at the southern end of Buttermere, and at this point it wasn't raining. However, this did not last long! We followed the path along the shore of Buttermere and joined the Scarth Gap Pass (A massive well done to the teams that have worked very hard over the last year or so improving this path, it's great and thank you!) We climbed up the fellside and traversed to Scarth Gap. The rain had now set in and the wind was quite gusty, but we were determined to get to the top.

We got to Scarth Gap and then scrambled up the western face of Haystacks, one of its many great features. We got to the rocky summit but keen not to stop for long we pressed on towards Inonimate tarn, A.W's final resting place. Despite the rain the visibility wasn't too bad and we had good views of Fleetwith Pike and down to Buttermere.

We worked our way across the tarn topped plateau, around the buttresses past Green Crag. There are a couple of huts in this area which offer great refuge, especially on wet days like this. We opted for the Warnscale Hut. The hut is small but cosy, it had foam mats on the seats, a nice guest book and even some whiskey! (Which we thought best not to drink). After a nice long stop and some drier layers we continued our descent.

This was when our day really started to become a bit of an adventure. A large ghyll cut across the stream and was very swollen. We wern't happy to cross it and took the tough but wise descision to re-ascend to join the path that runs down the other side of Warnscale Beck (The Fleetwith Pike Side). We ascended back up the path to where it crosses the beck, but unfortunately again the swollen beck was blocking the usual crossing point. To find a suitable crossing point we followed the river towards Dubs Bottom a large comb, where the main beck split into many smaller streams which were all individually much easier to negotiate.

With the obstacles tackled we were now back on our descent. We followed the good path down to Warnscale Bottom and then back to Gatesgarth. A fantastic adventure today on a fine mountain!

A great day on the Fairfield Horseshoe today, despite the mist!

We set off about 9am from our shop in Ambleside and made our way easily out of town and to Rydal along the track that runs through Rydal Park. We reached Rydal and set on up the steepest part of the walk, up the southern face of Nab Scar. The path weaves its way up the steep fellside, and we ascended into the mist. The forecast was also showing strong winds and rain but at this time we only had the mist to contend with. As we climbed higher and higher we took in Heron Pike, Great Rigg and then finally ascended the final slope onto the summit plateau. We bagged the summit of Fairfield by which time the wind was whipping up and the rain had set in. We made our way off to the east through the thick mist and descended to Link Hause before again climbing over the rocky summit of Hart Crag. As we descended we met the long wall that was to guide us down the eastern spur of the horseshoe. We were again on the ascent and not before too long we had summited Dove Crag and then turned south to start our long descent. We stayed the left and slightly boggier side of the wall, but it was acting as a fantastic windbreak. We bagged High Pike shortly followed by Low Pike, and then the path forked and we descended down to the lovely High Sweden Bridge. Now finally out of the mist we got to enjoy views across to Rydal Water and to Windermere. We arrived back in Ambleside a little wind swept but having had a great day out on the fells.

A fantastic day up Scafell Pike today.

We set off from Seathwaite at 9am and made our way to the Stockley Bridge. The skies were clearer than the forecast so we were very happy! We climbed past Taylorgill Force and up to Styhead Pass where we caught our first views of the summit of Scafell Pike. We joined the Corridor route and started to traverse up the hillside towards Lingmell Col. We gained excellent views down into Wasdale, and of the face of Great Gable.

The cloud base had now lowered and had swallowed up the summit of Scafell Pike, but we were still happy as it wasn't raining! Soon enough we were at Lingmell col and onto our final ascent. We made our way up the zig zags and emerged onto the summit plateau where we saw our first fellow walkers of the day approaching from Mickledore. We climbed onto the frozen summit and Linda felt jubilant that she had made it to the top of the highest mountain in England. As we had summited earlier than usual we decided to continue a bit more before having lunch. On out way off the summit our unusually quiet day was dramtically changed as we waited for about 20 people to pass us on their way up! We descended to Broad Crag Col and then up and over the boulder strewn Broad Crag. This was followed by Ill Crag. We descended down Calf Cove which was holding a load of snow and now back under the cloud we had a spot of lunch with great views of The Langdale Pikes and down the Borrowdale Valley.

We continued our descent back down to Seathwaite via Grains Gill. The most impressive thing about this day was the time. We unintentionally got round quite fast, in a mere 5 hours and 20 minutes! Well done Lynda! :D

Winter had more or less been written off for the Lakes, what with the last patches of snow finally disapearing and the conditions getting ever milder, nobody would have predicted that the fells would have been the way they were today!

I met Faye and Lisa at Wythburn set to climb Helvellyn. We climbed steeply from the church through the woods before emerging below combe crags. We were already walking on snow, and a fair bit of it considering it had all fallen just that night! It looked spectacular. We climbed up through Combe crags and over Birk Side. The snow was getting deeper, and by now we were up in the cloud. We trudged on and soon enough we were at the col above Swallow Scarth. The conditions had continued to deteriorate but we were happy to make the short distance to the summit of Helvellyn at least. The snow underfoot was getting deeper  and there must have been at least a foot of fresh snow on the final path to the summit. We grabbed the summit, got a couple of pictures but then started to make our way back towards the col. From the col we continued south but opted to stick to the main track, although not very clear, it was the easier option considering the conditions. As we skirted around Dollywagon Pike we turned to the west and started to make our way down Willie Wife Moor. Here we were rewarded with some fantastic views as we got under the cloud and the sun had come out. We stood and admired the views before descending down onto Reggle Knott. From Reggle Knott we got a good view down Thirlmere, and we decided to take this moment to have a bite to eat. Typically just as we got out our sandwiches it started to hail, which then turned to snow. We finished out descent down to the track, but then almost magically it all cleared again, and the sun came out! We enjoyed this lovely bit of sunshine along the track and back to the cars at Wythburn Church. A day out in all weathers, apart from rain, but I am sure there will be plenty of that to come in the rest of the year!

(Apologies for the lack of photos but some will appear soon from Faye and Lisa)

Great day on Scafell Pike. From Seathwaite, we ascended the Corridor Route to Lingmell Col, then on to the summit. After a very brief stop for lunch, we descended to Esk Hause, then followed Grains Gill.back to Seathwaite.
We had a mixture of snow, hail, sunshine and very strong winds. However, we did have some excellent views in between.

A windy but bright day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today!

I met Nicola and Sasha (the gorgeous golden Lab) at Seathwaite at 9am this morning. The skies were clear but the wind was strong, nonetheless we were up for tackling the highest peak in England. We set off through Seathwaite Farm and made our way up to Stockley Bridge. I think by this point Sasha had already run about 4 miles backwards and forwards over about 1km! We climbed by Taylorgill Force and made our way to Styhead Pass. From here we got great views of the summit of Scafell Pike. We joined the Corridor Route and traversed up the hillside gently to Lingmell Col. As we reached Lingmell Col we started our ascent up to the summit. On our way up the zig-zags we went to the viewpoint over Wastwater before continuing up to the summit. We enjoyed great views from the summit in all directions, and then we went into the shleter for some lunch. We enjoyed a nice lunch break and then descended to Broad Crag Col before climbing again up and over Broad Crag, followed by Ill Crag and down to Calf Cove. From here we had some fine views of the Langdale Pikes. We finished our descent to Seathwaite via Grains Gill.

A smashing day out in the fells!

A cracking day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set off from Seathwaite Farm just before half 9. The forecast was for a mixed day of drizzle and cloud, but at this point we just had the cloud, so we were happy! As we walked to Stockley Bridge the group were all getting to know each other and the conversation was rife. From the bridge we climbed by Taylorgill Force and towards Styhead Tarn. It was here that the drizzle had set in so we all stopped and donned our waterproof jackets. We left Styhead Pass and joined the Corridor Route and the cloud broke a little and allowed us some views down into Wasdale and of the face of Lingmell. We climbed up the Corridor route and made it to Lingmell Col in good time. From the col we started our ascent up to the summit of Scafell Pike. Not before long we were on the busy summit. We quickly made way into one of the shleters where we enjoyed a nice lunch, but with the temperature easily being below 0 degrees we soon cooled down.

We continued down to Broad Crag Col before climbing over Broad Crag and Ill Crag to Calf Cove. Just past Calf Cove we had made it under the cloud and we gained some fantastic views down to the Langdale Pikes, Windermere and down the Borrowdale Valley to Derwent Water. We finished our descent whilst admiring the views down the good path next to grains gill.

A magnificent day climbing Helvellyn and Striding Edge in the sunshine.

We started out from Glenridding, and once again the sun was beaming down on us. We climbed slowly through the trees via Lanty's Tarn to the join the grassy ridge up towards Birkhouse Moor. As we climbed higher and higher the views over Ullswater opened up, as well as those over St Sundays Crag and Fairfield.

We finished this initial climb and were greeted with the great view of Helvellyn standing proud, with the arms of Striding Edge and Swirral Edge coming towards us. After a nice stop we walked across the much flatter ground to High Spying How, the start of Striding Edge. The guys all scrambled extremely well, sticking to the crest all the way, and making the chimney look very easy. We finished the edge with the steep exit ramp, and after a few snaps at the top we found our lunch spot. We enjoyed our lunch with the entire Lake District stretched out in front of us, and the sun still shining down, it was great!

Unfortunately we did have to get up, but we had more fun in store. On our was past we 'bagged' the summit of Helvellyn and then made our way to the top of Swirral Edge. We took the crest down the edge and once again everyone scrambled very well.

We finished off the walk with a gentle descent down via Red Tarn and Greenside Mine. A fantastic day out!

A wonderful day on The Langdale Pikes today.

We set off from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel at 10am and climbed the steep path by Stickle Ghyll, branching off up the zig-zags below Tarn Crag to reach Stickle Tarn in bright sunshine, the views today were spectacular and there were plenty of people heading off up Jack's Rake, but instead we followed the path around Stickle Tarn to the North Rake climbing this steep but easy path to the summit of Pavey Ark.

From Pavey Ark we traversed to the summit of Harrison Stickle easily finding a good spot to the south of the summit cairn to eat our sandwiches while admiring the glorious view over the Langdale Valley.

After lunch we descended into Harrison Combe and crossed to the short scramble up onto Pike O'Stickle before descending onto Loft Crag from here we followed the path alongside Dungeon Ghyll descending to Pike How and back down to the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel for a well deserved drink.

An amazing day on the Lakeland classic that is The Fairfield Horseshoe.

After meeting Terry and Carol at our shop in Ambleside, we set off through Ambleside and towards Rydal Park. We made our way through Rydal Park, enjoying a warm morning, and watching the low cloud slowly rise off of Nab Scar. After passing Rydal Mount we were now on the steep climb up towards Nab Scar. As we climbed the views opened up nicely. We had great views over Windermere, Coniston Water, Rydal Water and Grasmere. We summited Nab Scar and then the gradient eased as we climbed towards Heron Pike. As we climbed towards Heron Pike we seemed to be chasing the cloud up the fellside which was a nice suprise. We enjoyed the views until we summited Great Rigg. Now in the cloud we headed up the final climb to the windswept summit of Fairfield.

We didn't linger on the summit long as it was a bit chilly, so we continued along the ridge to Hart Crag. Along the way we found a nice sheltered spot in which we had some lunch. After lunch we climbed over Hart Crag, and then the cloud really started to lift. This produced some amazing views, especially down into the quiet Deepdale Valley. We followed the wall up to Dove Crag which provided great views over Windermere again. The cloud was now lifting higher and higher by the minute all across the Lakes, and we started picking out some of the major fells. We descended by the wall down the gentle grass slope over High Pike and Low Pike before descending to High Sweden Bridge.

We enjoyed a nice rest by the bridge in the sun before finishing off this great route on the fine track that runs back into Ambleside.

A surprisingly clear day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

We set off from Seathwaite Farm at 9am  and made our way up to the Stockley Bridge. The forecast was generally good, but the skies were far clearer than the forecast had predicted, but were we going to get views from the top?

We climbed by Taylorgill Force and made our way up to Styhead Tarn. This valley had some mist in but we seemed to chase it up to the pass. At this point some broken cloud was covering most of Lingmell, Scafell Pike and Great End. We joined the Corridor route and started to slowly walk our way up to Lingmell Col. We stopped to enjoy the view down into Wasdale at which point we could see Great Gable 'steaming' with mist as it was blown up its impressive southern face. The mist also made Napes Needle stand out more than ever, a remarkable sight. As we got towards Lingmell Col the summit of Scafell Pike had cleared and we were hopeful for some views. As we made our way up towards the summit the cloud did come back across. As we summited our views were slightly restricted, but not before too long it had cleared to provide stunning views in all directions.

We stopped in our usual shelter for a well deserved lunch break before cracking on down to Broad Crag Col. We continued our route over Broad Crag and Ill crag before descending to the top of Grains Gill via Calf Cove. We enjoyed a nice pace down the steppy path, taking a few stops to enjoy the warmth of the afternoon and the views. Another fine day out up Scafell Pike.

An absoloutely amazing day climbing some of Langdales finest.

I met Terry and Carol at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and we set off to make our way  up the band. The sun was already high in the extremely clear skies, and we knew it was going to be a hot one! We made our way up The Band towards Bowfell, and as we got higher our views of The Langdale Pikes and the Crinkles just got better and better! We took the climbers traverse off of The Band and made our way to the base of The Great Slab. We climbed to the summit of Bowfell via the path alongside the impressive Great Slab, from where we for incredible views in all directions. We stopped just off of the summit for a bite to eat, during which we enjoyed one of the best views of the Scafells.

After lunch we descended to the Three Tarns before starting the next part of our journey over The Crinkle Crags. We climbed up and over the different Crinkles, and as we got to Long Top (the highest) we opted to avoid The Bad Step. With the Crinkles under our belts we walked across easier ground towards Cold Pike. On the way we took in Great Knott, and then climbed the short distance up to the summit of Cold Pike.

We enjoyed another stop on this summit, which is a great viewpoint back over The Crinkles with Bowfell behind. Still enjoying the afternoon sun we descended down to Red tarn before re-ascending up to our final summit of the day, Pike O' Blisco. We took a few minutes on this summit to soak up what we had achieved over this route, before starting our descent back to the valley floor.

On our way down a Hercules flew through the valley across the face of the Langdales which was highly impressive.  We got back to the ODG just as the sun was setting behind The Crinkles to provide us with one final great view of our entire route. An amazing route, and Happy Birthday Carol!

A warm and wonderful day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today.

I met the group at a very busy Seathwaite Farm at 9am, and the sun was already beaming down on us. We made our way to the Stockley Bridge before climbing by Taylorgill Force to Styhead Pass. By the time we had gotten to the pass we had a real sweat on, and it was only just after 10am, we were in for a warm one!

We joined the Corridor route which guided us up to Lingmell Col where we were ready to start our final ascent to the summit. We took this nice and slowly due to the heat but soon enough we were on the summit plateau, followed by the summit. The summit was busy so we find a nice spot just out of the wind to enjoy the excellent views and a bite to eat.

After lunch we descended to Broad Crag Col and then climbed over Broad Crag. It seemed like most people we now making there way up to the summit of Scafell Pike as we passed dozens of other walkers. We continued over Ill Crag and down by Calf Cove before joining the top of Grains Gill.

Our final descent back to the farm was enjoyable as we enjoyed some of the afternoon heat. A great day to be out, let alone on the great Scafell Pike.

The scorching conditions continued today as we took on Haystacks from Gatesgarth.

After meeting at Gatesgarth Farm we made our way across the base of the lake to the path that climbs to Scarth Gap. We started to ascend up the fellside slowly and took plenty of time to enjoy the spectacular views. There was next to no wind, and it was already feeling very hot, it was going to be a very fine day! As we reached Scarth Gap we gained some great views of Pillar and Kirk Fell. It was at this point not one, but two Tornado Jets flew and banked straight over our heads. They seemd close enough to touch, and the noise was just incredible. After a few seconds of spinning heads and full body tingles we continued on upwards through the slight scrambles and to the lovely summit of Haystacks.