Morning all
Just managed to get a day and a half off work after being incredibly busy since the zip wire protest, so headed off up to the Lakes on Tuesday. Had to do a couple of hours work on Tuesday morning so arrived around 1.30 after driving up through the snow. I had deliberately booked into the Kings Head at Thirlspot, because it's on the A591, given the weather forecast. I intended to walk from the end of the damn road at Thirlmere, up Raven Crag and then down the west side on the forest roads to cross the A591 and climb High Rigg.
I wasn't quite expecting the quantity of snow..looking up the road to the Thirlmere dam
The path up to Raven Crag
And looking back down;
The snow was soft and not very deep - only a few inches, but the trees were heavy with it and I got a couple of down the back of the neck doses!
The view at the top was stunning
The descent was lovely - virtually complete silence except for the crunch of boots on snow. However I had dillied and dallied a bit so I abandoned High Rigg and walked a couple of miles up the west side of Thirlmere, thinking thoughts.
As the day ended the skies in the North were clearing and Skiddaw took on that blue sheen - I haven't captured it very well, but I tried.
A last one is of Blencathra taken from outside the Kings Head on Wednesday morning before breakfast