Walk Report: Red Screes, Fairfield & St Sunday Crag
Friday 1st April
It has been another cold, wet and windy day, in fact the weather was the worst of the entire holiday, but I still did my intended walk; I'm not afraid of a few drops of rain! Leaving Elterwater there was a mist in the air, almost a light drizzle, but it didn't seem to last long and it seemed to stay more or less dry for the rest of the morning. I walked beside Great Langdale Beck past the lake Elterwater to Skelwith Bridge (including it's woefully inadequate waterfall). A bit of road walking took me to the start of a bridle path that runs below Loughrigg in to Ambleside. It didn't seem too busy as I shopped for some Kendal Mint Cake but it wasn't long before I was heading up the road out of Ambleside called The Struggle.
After a mile I turned off along the footpath on the left that followed the ridge all the way up to the top of Red Screes. It soon clouded over as I ascended the muddy path and wouldn't see anything but clouds again until I was descending into Grisedale at the end of the walk. After lunch on the top of Red Screes I headed down to the Scandale Pass and it started raining, although it soon stopped it wasn't a long time before it started again, in earnest and it was a long time before it stopped. Continuing west I followed the path over High Bakestones away from the wall blindly trusting that it would take me to, as it did, the stone wall on the top of the ridge south of Dove Crag. Turning right I headed over Dove Crag and Hart Crag (presumably, I never actually saw the summits in the clouds!) before climbing onto Fairfield.
The wind and rain continued as I gingerly descended down to Deepdale Hause and then climbed up to St Sunday Crag, where there was a vicious southerly wind. The wind, however, quickly fell away as I descended on the northerly side and would you believe? The sun came out! The clouds broke and a rainbow appeared since, of course, it was still raining. The rainbow, with ends in Grisedale and Glenamara Park, remained lingering above me as I clambered down to the bottom of Grisedale. The conclusion of the walk involved climbing over the hill by Lanty's Tarn and descending into Glenridding and along to the Helvellyn youth hostel. Tomorrow Striding Edge, Helvellyn and home!
It has been another cold, wet and windy day, in fact the weather was the worst of the entire holiday, but I still did my intended walk; I'm not afraid of a few drops of rain! Leaving Elterwater there was a mist in the air, almost a light drizzle, but it didn't seem to last long and it seemed to stay more or less dry for the rest of the morning. I walked beside Great Langdale Beck past the lake Elterwater to Skelwith Bridge (including it's woefully inadequate waterfall). A bit of road walking took me to the start of a bridle path that runs below Loughrigg in to Ambleside. It didn't seem too busy as I shopped for some Kendal Mint Cake but it wasn't long before I was heading up the road out of Ambleside called The Struggle.
After a mile I turned off along the footpath on the left that followed the ridge all the way up to the top of Red Screes. It soon clouded over as I ascended the muddy path and wouldn't see anything but clouds again until I was descending into Grisedale at the end of the walk. After lunch on the top of Red Screes I headed down to the Scandale Pass and it started raining, although it soon stopped it wasn't a long time before it started again, in earnest and it was a long time before it stopped. Continuing west I followed the path over High Bakestones away from the wall blindly trusting that it would take me to, as it did, the stone wall on the top of the ridge south of Dove Crag. Turning right I headed over Dove Crag and Hart Crag (presumably, I never actually saw the summits in the clouds!) before climbing onto Fairfield.
The wind and rain continued as I gingerly descended down to Deepdale Hause and then climbed up to St Sunday Crag, where there was a vicious southerly wind. The wind, however, quickly fell away as I descended on the northerly side and would you believe? The sun came out! The clouds broke and a rainbow appeared since, of course, it was still raining. The rainbow, with ends in Grisedale and Glenamara Park, remained lingering above me as I clambered down to the bottom of Grisedale. The conclusion of the walk involved climbing over the hill by Lanty's Tarn and descending into Glenridding and along to the Helvellyn youth hostel. Tomorrow Striding Edge, Helvellyn and home!
posted by David Keates at 7:32 pm
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