Day walks again at the weekend, low cloud, a wet and windy weather forecast didn't make wild camping very attractive. We parked at Binsey Lodge to do a new Wainwright for Squeaky, Binsey.
On the way up Binsey
Looking back toward Skiddaw
Low cloud was covering the fells as was forecast
Longlands and Overwater
Binsey and Longlands seemed to be the only fells that weren't covered in cloud
Almost at the summit
On Binsey summit
It was windy on the summit but hadn't been too bad on the way up.
Looking south from the trig on Binsey
It was dry, which was a relief. We retraced our steps back down to Binsey Lodge
Dash Falls can just about be seen in the gloom
Great Cockup from near Binsey Lodge
This walk was just 2 miles and 190m of ascent. We did a further three miles from Briar Rigg in Keswick. We did a turn around the parks, Fitz Park, Upper Fitz Park and Hope Park. In between we had some coffee and cake in Mrs F's (well it is Christmas). I had the vegan chocolate cake and beefy had coffee and walnut cake. Delicious as usual
We also bought some food for a homeless man who was sitting on the pavement in Keswick with HUNGRY written on a bit of card. He must have been freezing, it was pretty cold and the look of misery on the man's face was quite upsetting. I wish there was more we could do for him, I don't like feeling so helpless. I wonder where he will be spending Christmas?
Please spare a thought for those not as lucky as we are, it is said all of us are a couple of pay cheques away from homelessness and it could end up happening to anyone. Here are some charities that help the homeless if you can spare some money to help. It is the season of goodwill after all
Crisis:
https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/donate/Centrepoint:
https://centrepoint.org.uk/donate/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA6IHwBRCJARIsALNjViX7sxXWMx8j6Q-o89yEAoIQoqKzWPNQ3l45oYPe6OJ3M2RzjLTyurkaAjbXEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.dsShelter:
https://www.shelter.org.uk/Salvation Army:
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/homelessnessSt Mungo's:
https://www.mungos.org/If I moan about the weather in future can you remind me that I am out in it by choice, I have a warm home to come back to.