Scafell Pike has been on my “To do list” for as long as I’ve been Fell Walking ,I knew it was England’s Highest Mountain & that was simply my attraction ,But I had to learn to walk before I could run, Countless times Me & my mate Ste would put Scafell Pike in the diary but always come up with some feeble excuse not to do it or the Weather was to bad (which isn’t feeble at all)  And I’m glad in away because its not every weekend you tackle England’s highest ,it had to be right just like it had to be right before we did Striding Edge or Sharp Edge ,I don’t like to think that I’m going to attempt something slightly mad all guns blazing because for me it doesn’t work that way ,I like to do plenty of research before i walk a fell ,any fell for that matter ,Sometimes it pays off to.

So the weekend had started off for us & we left for Wasdale around 1pm ,We Couldn’t see any point in getting there early because all we`d do is spend the extra time in the pub! We arrived at Wast Water around half four ,This being due to the fact that the car we was in decided to go in went into”limp home mode” all the way from Lancaster on the M6 & wouldn’t rev above 3500 rpm! Needless to say we got there,.  & on arrival at Wast Water we got out to stretch the legs before finding a place to set up,What we next came across was a couple looking with there binoculars staring straight at the Rock Screes on Illgill Head They’d been there a good 20 minuets listening to the scree falling & wondering where it was coming from because every time we heard it it seemed to becoming from different directions ,There definitely was some mad buggers climbing those screes but could we spot them!

Wainwright Guidebook

We awoke to rain hitting the tent & to say we was soaked before we even started would of been an understatement! Still sprits are high, Here we are just crossing the Bridge over Lingmell Beck

Making our way up towards Lingmell before we hit the main route towards the Scafell Pike & here we must of passed at least 40/50 hikers coming off the fell ,We could only assume they doing the Three Peaks Challenge & by the looks on there faces I think we was right.

Not to far from the summit now ,& still following the cairns,At this point it was just a case of following the path (or what we could see of it!) By this point the rain had stopped & it was the fine drizzle that the low clouds bring that was absolutely soaking us through.

Id treated myself to the all singing all dancing Sunnto Vector watch & round about this point i was clocking 940 Metres so I’m thinking the summit cant be far as we’ve just set on the boulder field.

Check out the bright red Gaiters! Me on Scafell Pike summit And before anyone mentions it ,It was a first & last time for the Gaiters!