Skiddaw - 24hrs later
Sun 7 Dec 2008
Route: Latrigg car park (end of Gale Road) - Jenkin Hill - Skiddaw Lesser Man - Skiddaw Little Man - Skiddaw - Jenkin Hill - Latrigg car park
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 2,500ft
Time: 3 hours 40 minutes
With: David Hall and Anne
Notes:
Overcast, wild on the top, it was so windy it was hard to stand up on Skiddaw's summit ridge. What a difference to yesterday!
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Jenkin Hill
The north western fells
The Vale of Keswick from our ascent of Jenkin Hill
Heading up Jenkin Hill, slushy today
Derwent Water and Catbells
The view opens up as we climb
Into the snow now and the angle eases
Skiddaw Lesser Man
Ascending Jenkin Hill with the Helvellyn ridge behind
Ascending Lesser Man and the wind is really picking up
Carl Side, Long Side and Ullock Pike
An interesting sky above the north western fells
Leaving Little Man's summit with Skiddaw ahead
Skiddaw's trig point
Skiddaw Little Man
On the main Skiddaw path round the side of Little Man
The Helvellyn range from Jenkin Hill
Keswick and Derwent Water
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