The Lake District Walker

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 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.

Spaces remaining for this weekend are as follows:

Saturday:
Scafell Pike from Seathwaite – 2 Places remaining

Sunday:
Helvellyn & Striding Edge from Glenridding

A grey start today but the weather improved by the time we had climbed the Halls Fell Ridge to the summit.

The rocks dried very quickly in the warm breeze so we dropped down to Scales Tarn for our sandwiches where we stopped for our sandwiches.

We then reclimbed onto the Sharp Edge ridge crossing the summit of Blencathra again, this time with some wonderful views now the cloud was lifted. We continued along the ridge to Foule Crag and descended over Blease Fell back to Threlkeld.

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.

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.

Near perfect weather on Snowdon today, my first clear views from the summit of Snowdon for a few years!

From Pen-Y-Pass we climbed via the PYG Track, several of the group are in training for the 3 Peaks Challenge, this was a pleasant climb without the crowds of the weekend and good time was made, reaching the summit in two hours.

Congratulations to Amisha & Zoe for who this was their third national peak in 3 days.

After a few summit photos and a moment to take in the wonderful view we stopped at the cafe for a cup of tea and ate our lunches in the sunshine before descending again, this time taking the Miners Track, a nice descent for a hot afternoon, back to Pen-Y-Pass.

A spectacular day in the Lakes today, wall to wall sunshine and clear views.

From Grasmere we climbed onto Silver How and followed the ridge towards Blea Rigg, seeing a grass snake sunning itself on the path, the first I have ever seen n the fells!

After a short lunch stop on the summit of Blea Rigg we continued toward the summit of Sergeant Man, a great little rocky summit and walked over to High Raise, with wonderful panoramic views of the lakeland fells. There was cloud blowing over the Scafell Range (the group up there just caught the cloud as they reached the summit).

We descended over Tarn Crag and down to Easdale Tarn, it is amazing how dry everything is this year already.

From Easdale we followed the path down by Sour Milk Gill back to Grasmere.