Start point: Patterdale (NY 397 158)
Arnison Crag from Patterdale
Distance: 1.7 miles Total Ascent: 275 metres Time Taken: 45 minutes Start Time: 10:25
Weather: Strong wind and frequent rain showers. 13ºC
The wind was still strong this morning with frequent showers being blown across the fells. I had intended to go a bit further today but as discretion is the better part of valour, I made an early exit from the wind blown tops. If I had thought about it a bit more I could have descended via Hag Beck and made a circular route of it but as it was, all I could think of was descending – quickly.
Casper is keen to get out from the shelter of the trees and out onto the open fell.
Looking back to Place Fell.
It's like being on your summer holiday Casper, out in the sunshine enjoying a nice drink!
First glimpse back to Ullswater from the climb alongside the wall. The wind was strong and the showers were very frequent climbing up here.
Looks like the Ullswater Steamers have got the pot of gold today.
Birks across Glenamara Park.
Rainbow rising.
Up on the summit of Arnison Crag all hell was let loose with the wind, it was so bad I could hardly stand up and I knew I wasn't going any higher today.
Casper and Dougal hang on for dear life.
A brief sunny interlude across Trough Head.
Ullswater from the summit.
Sunburst over Hartsop.
Aaaaaaaagh!
A panoramic view from the summit.
Looking across Patterdale to Place Fell and Angletarn Pikes.
The Lion King surveys his Kingdom.
The route back - we covered the ground rapidly to get down, out of the wind.
It looks wild along the lake and that rainbow is heading northwards now.
The southern end of Ullswater looks a bit flooded, Silver Crag in the sunshine.
Sheffield Pike and Glenridding Dodd above Glenridding.
Birkhouse Moor.
Birks from Oxford Crag.
Sunshine and rain back in Patterdale.