| Date | Thursday, 20th October 2016 |
|---|---|
| Summits | Great Carrs, Swirl How & Grey Friar |
| Start | Wrynose Pass (NY275027) |
| Route | Ascending from Wrynose Pass onto Little Carrs, Great Carrs & Swirl How (pictured). Returning to Wrynose Pass via Grey Friar, skirting Great Carrs on the return. |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin |
| Weather | Sunny intervals |
| Notes | Stunning views to the Isle of Man. Tim had lost 3 teeth in the 5 days running up to this photo. |
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Great Carrs, Swirl How & Grey Friar
Saturday, 6 August 2016
Red Screes
| Date | Saturday, 6th August 2016 |
|---|---|
| Summits | Red Screes |
| Start | Kirkstone Pass Inn (NY401081) |
| Route | Direct ascent from Kirkstone Pass Inn, returning to Ambleside |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin |
| Weather | Warm, dry & cloudy, with some sun for the descent |
| Notes | Very steep ascent. Aiming for Kilnshaw Chimney, but were diverted by a sign which sent us a different way. |
Friday, 25 March 2016
Great Dodd
| Date | Friday, 25th March 2016 |
|---|---|
| Summits | Great Dodd |
| Start | Lucy's Wood (NY380219) |
| Route | Direct ascent from Lucy's Wood, via Bruts Moss and Randerside, where we dropped into the gully to get out of the wind for lunch. |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin, Moira |
| Weather | Cloudy, very breezy & cold. |
| Notes | Snow on the top. Some members ran up through the snow on the steep side below the summit. A particularly boggy walk, especially around Bruts Moss. |
Saturday, 19 September 2015
Place Fell
| Date | Saturday, 19th September 2015 |
|---|---|
| Summits | Place Fell |
| Start | Patterdale Church of England School (NY394160) |
| Route | Direct ascent from Patterdale to Place Fell and then on to Howtown, returning to Glenridding on the steamer. |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin, Moira |
| Weather | Sunny & warm. |
| Notes | Moira was struggling with an injury and we had to run at the end to catch the steamer. |
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Caudale Moor from Kirkstone Pass
| Date | Saturday, 4th April 2015 |
|---|---|
| Summits | Caudale Moor (& Stony Cove Pike) |
| Start | Kirkstone Pass Inn (NY401081) |
| Route | Direct ascent from Kirkstone Pass Inn to Caudale Moor and then on to the summit at Stony Cove Pike. Returning via the same route (with a minor detour for the smallest members of the party, avoiding some of the steepest rocky sections above the Inn). |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin, Al, Sam, "Bud" (in utero) |
| Weather | Low cloud to start - visibility at <100m in places. Brightening up to a become a beautifully warm and sunny day for the descent. Snow on the ground, in places. |
| Notes | Different maps disagree over the name of the various features on Caudale Moor. We took in both the minor summit marked Caudale Moor and the high point marked Stony Cove Pike. |
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Helm Crag from Grasmere
Agree with Wainwright that the main route is by far the best.
Saturday, 11 October 2014
Pike o' Blisco from Wrynose Pass
| Date | Saturday, 11th October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Summits | Pike o' Blisco |
| Start | Wrynose Pass (NY275027) |
| Route | Red tarn, Pike o' Blisco, returning via the same route. |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin, Al, Sam |
| Weather | Cloudy. Heavy rain for 30 minutes but the sun cam out on the top :-) |
| Notes | We saw many of the 300+ fell runners doing the Ambleside AC Langdale 2014 race. |
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