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
“Completed Scafell on the Saturday and Langdale Pikes on Sunday 3rd and 4th November 2012 both with John who had great knowledge and Leadership skills and made it so enjoyable many thanks Pete”
Peter Sewell
