I was working again on Saturday, as usual! Well until 5 anyway! However I'd got all my gear together for a quick get-a-way and managed to get parked at Burnbanks below the Haweswater dam just after 6pm. The forecast wasn't great, I knew roughly where I planned to camp, under a couple of miles away.
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Now thats a proper sign, a sign with character. More importantly a sign with promise. |
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Climbing beside Measand Beck, which you can hear crashing down the falls, but from the path you see very little. |
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The path levels out as you enter the hanging valley of Fordingdale. The sun was casting long shadows, I retraced my steps to a good pitch on a grassy ledge overlooking Haweswater. |
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The spot I'd seen earlier, just catching the last of the sun. |
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Tent up, and part of the reason for the trip, to try my new Fly Creek UL. |
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Room with a view, looking East over Haweswater to the distant Pennines. |
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Early morning light on the bridge below Measand End. |
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My plan for the morning was to bag a couple of neede Birketts. The head of Mardale revealed as height was gained. |
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The breeze was bring sharp showers with it.....rainbow weather! |
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Another shower as I got to the top of Four Stones Hill. It wasn't far from here back to the car, the bracken's pretty high hereabouts mind! |