Different
weather today. Gone was the wind to
leave us with low cloud. The itinerary
today was the Greater Fairfield Hoseshoe; the basic horseshoe with a diversion
to pick up the insignificant top of Stone Arthur, perched above Grasmere. Insignificant, but a Wainwright
nonetheless. Once we had bagged this it
was on up to Great Rigg and into the cloud which continued until lower down on
the far side of the horseshoe.
Visibility on the summit of Farifield itself was very poor and with the
pristine white snow, it was difficult to tell where ground finished and cloud
began and, with the edge being corniced, navigation needed to be spot on. We continued from the summit, up and down
over, first, Hart Crag and then Dove Crag before dropping down to High Pike and
then, finally out of the cloud , to Low Pike.
From here we dropped steeply towards Ambleside, but turned off to return
to our starting point of Rydal Mount through the grounds of Rydal Hall.
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