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Drive down early and parked in the wee layby between the hostel and buttermere.
Rain and a wee bit of wind was forecast for the afternoon- and boy did it come.
At least I made it to High Crag with some nice views before it came in.
- From my parking early on
- Lovely Fleetwith Pike
Nice walk along the loch ( err I mean lake 😄) and cut up steeply as if heading for Haystacks this way.
- Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike on my left as I head up
Heading for the gap and cut off right- and the rest of the world went left 😄
- Scarth gap I'm heading for where I cut off right
- High Crag- 1st wainwright
Good stepped/ pitched path up through the scree and a nice zig zag up to the summit.
- My way ahead and the zig zag visible
- Summit area - mist , rain , wind coming in quickly, ni time fir hanging around
The rest of the journey from High Crag to Red Pike could be transported anywhere.
- Cairn city on the route coming to - and from High stile
Wet , windy trudge , damage limitation.
- Red pike summit area, nothing to see here , move along
Even as I descended red pike there were a few others heading up. - fair play, they're day their walk, been there done that , no great fun.
If it is misty there's a couple of paths coming down the red scree - get the right one!
The path down the side of the waterfall would be lovely on a clear good day.
Some of it today, though, and after yesterday's rain was flooded a bit and quite precarious - take your time , look round for the best options, or holds on the rocky parts.
One I got to the bottom and the wall , it was just walking through a swamp and flooded paths till you hit the main path back - which was also flooded 😄
Still, i enjoyed it , good to get out, and a walk I would do again.
Cap doffed again to The Lake district again. Cheers
