Today saw Davie doing a recce of Haystacks and the surrounding area, prior to our camping trip and 'expedition'.
Weather was excellent although a cold front was blowing in from the east bringing snow. Fortunately I managed to see it in my rear view mirror as I left.
The views from Haystacks were fantastic and it's easy to see why it was Wainwright's favourite mountain. I've often seen it from the Pillar side of the valley but today was my first visit to that area.
The views back across the valley were outstanding too and it was nice to see Pillar from a different aspect. There were great view across to the Gables and Sca Fell Pike was peeping throught the gap between Kirk Fell and Great Gable.
It would have been easy to spend a few hours up there and it should be a great place to wild camp - we might need to be a bit clever with tent placement though.
No way could this be called a 'quality mountain day' in ML terms, but still a great day out.
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