Monthly Archives: August 2010
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Blencathra & Sharp Edge
A near perfect day today climbing Blencathra & Sharp Edge from Threlkeld, climbing the Halls Fell ridge to Blencathra before descending to Scales Tarn and reclimbing by Sharp Edge -
Scafell Pike
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. -
Navigation Training on Silver How
A great days navigation training course today on Silver How, following the ridge from High Close as far as Swinescar Pike taking in Silver How and Dow Bank -
The Langdale Pikes
Another good day today on the Langdale Pikes, climbing from the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in the Langdale Valley taking in all 5 summits of the Langdale Pikes -
Scafell Pike & Scafell
A wonderful day climbing Scafell Pike and Scafell from Wasdale Head today, sunny weather and good views from the two highest mountains in England today -
Skiddaw and the Ospreys
A great day climbing Skiddaw from Dodd Wood today, climbing by the Osprey viewpoints in Dodd Wood before climbing to the summit of Dodd and Carl Side, descending south from Skiddaw over Skiddaw Little Man -
Grange Fell
A great day climbing Grange Fell from Grange, we were very lucky with the weather today as we took in the summits of King's How and Brund Fell before descending to Rosthwaite and following the River Derwent back to Grange. -
Above Martindale
A great day above Martindale today climbing Gowk Hill, Wether Hill and Loadpot Hill before descending over Bonscale Pike and Arthurs Pike back to Howtown -
Scafell Pike
A good day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite, early showers soon cleared to give us a good day on the highest mountain in England -
Blencathra & Sharp Edge
A great day on Blencathra today, although we wouldn't have guessed it from the weather when we arrived at Threlkeld this morning!
We set of in drizzle from Threlkeld and climbed the Halls Fell ridge, quickly entering the cloud. The rain didn't last long though and we were soon taking off our waterproofs as we climbed the Halls Fell Ridge, the rocks on the ridge were quickly drying off as we climbed the crest of the ridge to the summit.
No views on the summit so we descended to Scales Tarn and began the climb back up onto the Sharp Edge ridge, the rock was dry by now and the cloud was breaking up and we were rewarded with some great views, as far south as Morecambe!
We climbed Sharp Edge quickly and ate our packed lunches watching others on the edge below us before returning to the summit of Blencathra, now with views and following the ridge west to descend over Blease Fell and back down to Threlkeld.
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Scafell Pike
Another great day climbing Scafell Pike from Seathwaite today, climbing by the Corridor Route and descending over Esk Hause back to Seathwaite. -
Helvellyn & Striding Edge
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.
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Navigation Training on Silver How
A good day running a navigation training day on the Silver How ridge above Elterwater today before descending to Chapel Stile and following the river back to Elterwater -
Navigation Training on Loughrigg
A showery day on Loughrigg today for a Navigation Training Course, climbing from Ambleside by Lilly Tarn and following the ridge west as far as Silver How, descending to Grasmere. -
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks
A good day climbing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, taking in the summits of Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough from Horton in Ribblesdale.
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