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.
