From the top of Hardknott pass
Saturday saw John, Chuck B and Cups bag a number of Wainwrights with a fine route up over Yewbarrow, Red Pike, to Steeple and bagging Seatallan and Middle Fell on the way down.
Sent Chuck B to do her best hitching to get a lift to bag the car!
Heavy rain overnight, but blue sky by 9 meant for a pleasant ascent up to Mickledore. Sadly showers and mist put paid to plans to solo Broad Stand (Grade 3***) so dropped down for a quick lunch before heading up the ghyll to Foxes Tarn.
As we sat under the crags above, we noticed a line of what can only be described as grockles descending from the Pike. Chuck B was convinced they would descend straight into Eskdale. With the amount of ponchos, sticks, mist and cameras, they looked like they were trying to film a scene from Lord of the Rings. All 33 of them assembled at the bottom of our next section. Ahead of us. So we decided to try to get ahead of them. This meant a speedy gill scramble and some half decent overtaking manoeuvres but we managed in the end! No time for pictures!
Unfortunately the mist did not allow for views from the summit of Scafell, but as we went over Tim's seventh last Wainwright, Slight Side, we had clear views down into the valleys.
Thanks to Naomi's ingenious plan (& camper driving!) we were able to descend to pick up the camper from Boot and completed the lovely A to B route from Wasdale to Eskdale. A rare treat!
Descending towards Slight Side
(This photo proves that Chuck B does have patience for some things!)
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