Scafell Pike

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