Decided on a bit of a leg stretch and headed over to the Lakes. Weather was glorious here in Yorkshire, but as is so often the case, once I got to Penrith.....
Weather was changeable on the way up to Esk Hause and I decided to have a quick recce down to Angle Tarn at the foot of Bow Fell to look at potential campsites for the future.
There was a lot of snow lying about on the northern slopes and a cold wind was blowing from the north threatening a blast of more snow.
Not a day for hanging about.
Retraced my steps back to Esk Hause and followed on up to the base of Great End before carrying onto to Ill Crag, north east from Sca Fell Pike and listed in Wainwrights tops.
In all the times I've been up Sca Fell Pike I've never taken the detour to take in the views from Ill Crag. Looking over the edge at the shear drops, I know why.
The weather was closing in on Sca Fell Pike and after a photo session I beat a hasty retreat across the snowy plateau in search of some poor sucker to take a picture.
In the meantime, someone was doing it in style on top of Great End, landing a helicopter to take their snaps... bloody snobs!
Confirmed the scramble route up to Sca Fell Pike that I've mentioned before and it looks great - one for the summer perhaps.
Going to try and get back over tomorrow and have a crack at the Fairfield Horseshoe in the Helvellyn area.
Post to follow.
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