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 ...

Cat Bells 29-04-2018 Headed up to the Lake District again today, for a short walk over Cat Bells. This is actually on my Mums bucket list, to do one of Wainwrights walks, apparently she has wanted to climb Cat Bells for nearly 30 years but has never had the chance. So this morning I woke the boy up early, packed the sandwiches I made last night, filled a flask, and off we went to pick my mum and her friend Steve up, and headed off to Keswick. After a stop off at Tebay, and driving through some pretty heavy rain, we arrive in Keswick and make our way up the narrow roads towards the carpark at the bottom of the Cat Bells path. As we drove through the wooded area, stood 30 yards from the road was a wild Stag, with full antlers eating some greenery. Ive never seen a wild stag before, and it was quite an awe inspiring scene, unfortunately because of a car behind me, I couldn't stop to take a picture. Also another reason I couldn't stop was the 2 Traffic Wardens, slapping ...