With February almost written off due to Storm Ciara then Dennis my fell walking has taken a massive nosedive this month and with more stormy weather forecast for the rest of February I'm not sure If I'll ever get high enough to enjoy the Lakeland fells in Winter. David has been lucky enough to 'snatch' quite a few walks during the storm period whereas Rod and I have been housebound so last weekend we agreed that come hell or high water we'd be walking this weekend.
I came up with a walk where we'd gain Nab Scar from Rydal, then retrace back to Rydal via the Corpse Road before crossing the A591 from where we'd gain Loughrigg Fell, it was a great route given todays high winds and showers; that was until David noticed from the road that the Weir linking Grasmere with Rydal Water had flooded the footpath. It was no biggie we just needed to come up with a plan B which we agreed to summit Loughrigg Fell then drop into Ambleside and return to Rydal via Rydal Hall, to be fair as we all agreed, we just needed to get out and feel the wind in our faces. |