Red Screes had been on my mind for the past two weeks or so,& as I’ve already got another walk planned towards the end of December, it was when do I fit it in ..The wife had planned Christmas shopping trip to the the Trafford Centre, me the wife & the kids on the last Saturday before Christmas…yeah my idea of fun too! I had to make it clear it was an early start, we needed to be on the motorway by 9am even that I think was to late ,9am my teenage daughter screamed what’s that !! (You can see where I’m going with this) Dragging my grumpy carcase shop after shop (they must of buckled under the pressure) Well go during the week she says …..
So disappointedly I now have a free Saturday
Red Screes it was ,I was humming & eying on the ascent route though ,Id already spoken to a good friend on the ascent from Middle Dodd to which I was advised its “bloody steep Paul !!” this coming from a man with great experience I took his advise as it seemed it cant be any steeper than tackling it from the car park at the top of Kirkstone Pass ,also arisen in the conversation was that there’s six Wainwright to be had here Paul why not have ago in Middle Fell,Red Screes,Little Hart Crag,Dove Crag,Hart Crag & finally a decent down Hartsop Above How, Bagging six Wainwrights seemed just the ticket so in preparation that was my plan & my back up it that failed was to just do Middle Dodd & Red Screes ,why would it fail ? a beautiful crisp frost morning with blue skies as far as the eye could see . |