Skiddaw 7-7-19 First of all, I want to say this trip was meticulously planned, but like many of my trips it wasn't. Its something that Ive wanted to do for a long time, and finally got around to it. So in a nutshell, a trip up a mountain, at night to watch the sunrise. Simple. I had considered quite a few summits for this, Snowdon was high on the list, the Llanberis path was pretty much ideal for what I wanted, a nice wide, well marked out path all the way to the top, but its now very common for nighttime climbs, and I wanted to do something a little different. Coniston's old man was another consideration, but Ive climbed that numerous times now, and I wanted a new tick in the box. So, Skiddaw fitted the bill, Ive wanted to climb Skiddaw for a few years now, and it was ideal for an ascent in the dark. Easy access, easy to follow path, and virgin territory for me. Also I would have pretty good views of the sunrise given its location in the Northern Fells.  So on a random