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PICTURES AND TRIP REPORTS FROM MY WALKS IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
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Most of the high ground in the country seems to have an extended period of cloud inversion conditions and the Lake District was certainly no exception. I had family stuff booked in for Saturday or I would definitely been out camping but the next best option was an early start and a drive up to a high pass from where hopefully we would be quickly able to get out into the sunshine.
And just as we reached the summit of the Wrynose Pass that's exactly what happened.We ( Emily and I ) quickly booted up and made for the path which rises up Wet Side Edge. The view back even from low down on the climb was superb.
From slightly higher on the path Bowfell appears between Pike of Blisco on the right and Cold Pike on the left.
Looking to the west the inversion seems to go on for ever. The "island" of Harter Fell appears.
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And looking to the east the inversion is equally as extensive.
Derwentwater and the vale of Keswick below Skiddaw are also covered.
We diverted from the main ridgeline heading for Grey Friar.
From where we had a view of the highest ground in England .
The view from the summit cairn on Grey Friar showing the extent of the cloud to the west.
Leaving the top we had a look across to Brim Fell and the Old Man of Coniston where we are heading next. Dow Crag is the pointed peak on the right but we are not going there today.
Helvellyn and the eastern fells behind the Matterhorn rock.
The cloud has sent feelers up the valley of Seathwaite Tarn.
And is making an effort to cover Lever's Water.
Approaching the "beehive" cairn on Brim Fell with the Old Man of Coniston beyond.
Low Water and Wetherlam from Coniston Old Man.
We started to retrace our steps back past Brim Fell. The cloud does seem to be rising and Harter Fell island is shrinking. We thought that anyone on the top of Harter would feel like they were marooned on a desert island.
The cloud is definitely rising and has now reached the valley of Tarn Beck and is looking to engulf Grey Friar.
And it look like that before long the eastern and western arms would meet on Levers Hawse.
The whale back of Seatallen is clear for now.
Looking north to Skiddaw from Swirl How.
And looking over the Halifax bomber memorial to the Scafell range.
Looking down to the Greenburn valley.
The cloud was now boiling up and we are losing sight of Wetherlam.
And when we reached the car parked at the top of the pass we were in the cloud
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