A very wet drive to Patterdale with thoughts that our planned walk may have to be altered. However things improved as we started, despite leaving the maps at home and the expense of (yet another) OS map from the local store. Our route took us round the back of the Patterdale Hotel and then, on reaching a wall heading up towards Arnison crag reaching the rocky summit in sunshine. A nice stoll then, parallel to but high above the wall to our right reachin Tongue Head and then the ascent up to Birks and on to St Sunday Crag. By now the weather had changed, very windy in the mist so not a place to linger. We descended direct to Paterdale folowing the tra
ck on the north flank of the ridge we had ascended with views back across to Arnison Crag
ck on the north flank of the ridge we had ascended with views back across to Arnison Crag Time 5 hrs 30mns
Grade Excellent
Memories
- Sunny, rocky top of Arnison Crag
- Windy and misty on Summit of St Sunday Crag
Completed 106 to go 108
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