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June Walks by members
| V&G Northern Aran's Backpack
A 2-day circuit of the northern Aran mountains, following our familiar approach up the northern ridge and touring the eastern summits of the range, and returning via the very seldom trodden north ridge of Esgeiriau Gwynion. Snatching a couple of good days in a generally unsettled weather stream again gave us some dramatic skies and excellent local clarity.
| 30th Jun 2008
|  | Loweswatercam, Rannerdale Knotts afternoon
After a morning sorting out the garden it was time to get out and excercise the legs and rest the back. Rannerdale Knotts is just ten minutes away so that would make a great two hour walk before the afternoon sunshine faded. | 30th June 2008
|  | Loweswatercam, Back on the fells - Bessyboot
Ann and I meet up with John and Jo and get ourselves back on the fells. Not the best weather and as it turned out, not the best ending to a day out, but certainly a chance to stretch our legs and walk the Lake District fells again.
| 29th June 2008
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| Fleetwith to Red Pike with Andy Wallace
It was bright and breezy again when I got to Buttermere but there was plenty of mist on the High Stile ridge and it wasn't warm enough to wear shorts. I walked along the lakeshore path to Gatescarth and started to climb Fleetwith Pike; it starts off reasonably steeply and becomes steeper as you get higher with some pleasantly exposed scrambling. It is a teasing climb with three false summits before you reach the real one; the mist was starting to form around me as I reached the top. I descended through quarry workings to reach the path to Dubs Hut before walking across to Blackbeck Tarn. I climbed Haystacks, the summit was packed with people, before descending to Scarth Gap; I climbed the rugged path over Sail and the made the steep climb up Gamlin End and got into mist well before I reached the summit of High Crag. It was cold, windy and misty as I carefully navigated the ridge to High Stile, on to the summit of Red Pike and descended as quickly as possible to get out of the wind. I paid a quick visit to Dodd before taking the quiet descent via Ling Comb down to Buttermere Dubs.
| 28th June 2008
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| St Cuthbert's Way with Andy Wallace
A weekend in Northumberland made a change for me; walking with friends we managed to find the only island of good weather in the northern half of Britain. On Saturday we walked part of St Cuthberts Way from Wooler to Fenwick, it was a surprise to find a large cave named after St Cuthbert in the middle of the green rolling countryside. Light rain accompanied us on the final hour to Fenwick and it poured down overnight, but Sunday morning was bright and breezy. We walked across the fields and through a gauntlet of large concrete blocks, a wartime attempt to prevent amphibious landings, to the start of the Lindisfarne Causeway. We had planned to walk along the Pilgrims Path, marked by a line of high wooden posts, but it still looked quite wet; eventually we just went for it, mainly barefoot, but one well-prepared individual brought her wellies. After a quick walk across the island to the castle, and a short visit to a local pub we had a hurried walk back across the sand before the tide came back in.
| 21-22nd June 2008
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| Horseshoe and High Level with Andy Wallace
It was a bright and breezy morning when I arrived at Wasdale; I left my car at Overbeck Bridge and set off in teeshirt and shorts for the walk to Wasdale Head. I walked past the pub to join the path towards Black Sail Pass but didn't stay on it for very long; as I reached the gate at the foot of Kirk Fell and went through it and took the direct steep route upwards. The weather came in and after a short spell wearing waterproofs, I settled for a gloves and shorts' day. I walked up to the summit and followed the fence down to Black Sail Pass, then onwards, over the top of Looking Stead, and after getting a short way up the ridge of Pillar I turned off on to the High Level Route. There is an excellent scramble up to the summit of Pillar, I carried on over Black Crag and up to Scoat Fell, cross country to Red Pike and then descended to Dore Head, up and over Yewbarrow, straight down to where I had left the car.
| 14th June 2008 |  | Loweswater Fells Backpack with V&G
A short circuit of fells to the south of Loweswater. The forecast had predicted the best weather in the NW and it stayed dry, though very dull most of the time and surprisingly chilly in the wind. We encountered only a handful of people in this quiet corner of Lakeland away from the popular peaks.
| 12th June 2008 |
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