Start point: Buttermere (NY 176 170)
Buttermere – Bleaberry Tarn – The Saddle – Red Pike (Buttermere) – High Stile – High Crag – Gamlin End – Scarth Gap – Burtness Wood – Buttermere
Distance: 6.8 miles Total Ascent: 867 metres Time Taken: 4 hours Start Time: 07:10
Weather: Rain, cloudy. 14C
It is ages since I have been to Buttermere so I got up at the crack of dawn to get an early start to a predicted nice day. However, that failed to materialise although it did look as though it could brighten up but once I was up on the ridge it worsened and it ended up raining heavily.
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Made it, but we are in the clouds on Red Pike. From here on it was persistent clouds and rain - often very heavy rain.
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A quick break in the clouds gives a view across to Dale Head whilst Casper seems to have lost his head!