DATE 15/09/16
ACTIVITY
Hill Walking / Expedition
REGION
Lake District
AREA
Central Fells
DESCRIPTION OF ROUTE
2 Day Mission in the Lakes
I woke up at 6:30 the sky was brightening, but there was a thick grey mist. After breakfast I packed the tent and in hope that the mist would lift headed off. Plan for the day was to loop around to great gable and then drop back down into langdale via the tarns. I headed over to red pike and then onto scots fell. Disability was okay dropping to poor in the cloud, through the morning the cloud slowly lifted but stayed overcast until I reached the summit of great gable. I reached great gable just after 2pm via kirkfell and pillar. As I sat at the top the cloud lifted reviling the views of the valley. From there I dropped down to styhead tarn and then continued on to sprinkling tarn and then angle tarn. I then dropped down into the langdale valley and made my way to the pub. The afternoon was such a contrast and felt much like the previous day. Glimmer and raven crag stood proud in all there glory and wished I had the energy to get my self up on the rock. Instead took to the road and made the long walk back to elterwater and recovery in Langale spa.
Area :
Southern Fells (Scafell Pike)
The Southern Fells Include Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west. In the south east are the well known Furness Fells, their heavily quarried flanks rising above Coniston Water.
