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Regions - Trip reports, destination advice, recommended routes, etc. => Lake District => Topic started by: vghikers on 17:29:30, 04/01/19
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A 2-day route around the hills bordering Glencoyne, starting at the popular and well maintained Aira Force woodland path. The line ascends along the slopes of Watermillock Common to Hart Side and Green Side reaching the highest point at Stybarrow Dodd, then returns via Sticks Pass to ascend Sheffield Pike and finish along the Greenside Mine track to Glenridding.
On this our first midwinter backpack for years, the weather fell far short of our expectation from the forecast and yielded only brief sunshine in the middle of the first day, the remainder was thickly overcast with a dull, flat light that drained the landscape of colour and struggled to produce good views and images. The oddest aspect though was the total absence of snow on even the highest summits in early January.
Full report & photos (http://v-g.me.uk/Trips/T1009/T1009.htm)
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A smashing route that Geoff O0
I think the weather forecasters were caught out by how fast the cloud came in, originally promising two fine days I was walking from Ravenglass on Wednesday and seem to have had more sunshine than you but Thursday was a very disappointing day if you were after great photos >:(
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Thanks Karl.
Pretty much the same conditions in the south-west then, still the summits were clear and it was great to be out on a backpack to start the year right.
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Looks as if you had a good trip, vg - some nice photos there, especially from the first day. Lovely winter colours.
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Super pics vg O0
Aye, not much snow this winter in The Lake District as yet.
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Thanks Richard & April. Weird conditions but a satisfying backpack to start the year.