Bank Holiday Weekend

Bank holiday weekend took us the lakes to Gill Head Farm Campsite just off the A66 Road. Just before you get to the path that leads up to Blancathra. Due to the weather our first walk  we kept fairly low. Our aim was to walk to Mungrisdale to the pub there for lunch. Our route took us over fields to Far Howe farm, to where the path took a different route than the map through the yard. This took us to Near Howe Farm and a path that lead us back on route. But the next field was very water logged and rutted, which we did get though in the end. Slowly we got to the pub to enjoy a beer before heading back out to follow the path along the River Glendermavkin. This followed the valley up on a good path to meet the path that would lead up to Blancathra. We were surprised how high we got as it did not feel we were climbing.  We then headed back down to the main road and cross over to follow the path though more feilds back to the campsite. All in all about 10 miles. No Wainwrights but near some.

Sunday took us a short drive  down the road to climb Clough Head and onto Great Dodd. We parked in a small layby near wanthwaite bridge.  The hill was clear of cloud  as we went up. We took a path that went though the old quary and up onto wantwaite bank and and short detour to Threlkeld Knotts.  Then it was a quick steep path climb upto clough head where we had lunch. Soon the weather closed in and  we then change the route and headed back down to the oldcoach road track. We did not fancy the climb to great Dodd in the lashing rain. The track took us back down to that start. Walk was about 5 miles in all and one wainwright. Fortunately it cleared up as we got to the bottom, and after a quick dash to Keswick to get there before the supermarket shut, we enjoyed a BBQ in the evening.