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Alison and I returned to Carnforth for another weekend of walking in the Lakes. On Saturday we headed for Blencathra and neighbouring fells, and on Sunday we did three shorter walks to Ladyside Pike, Whinlatter and the fells south of Ennerdale.
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I spent a weekend in Teesdale with CUHWC, staying in a camping barn in Holwick – my first visit to the area. On the Saturday, I walked (through lots of snow!) to Cross Fell and Great Dun Fell from Garrigill. On the Sunday, I did a lower-level walk taking in the High Force and Cauldron Snout waterfalls. The weekend was also memorable for the car having to be towed up the steep track from the camping barn by the farmer, having been snowed in overnight, but I didn’t get any photos of that!
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Alison and I visited Ruth in Carnforth for a weekend of Wainwright-bagging (or just walking, in my case!). Storm force winds and blizzards had been forecast, but we got away with just a couple of showers. On Saturday, we walked in the Far Eastern fells, including High Street, and on Sunday we did four short, low-level walks up obscure Western, Northern and Central fells!
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My first local walk of 2009 was in one of the nearest parts of the White Peak, starting in Brassington. I took in a few minor summits including Rainster Rocks, Roystone Rocks and Aleck Low, as well as parts of the High Peak and Tissington cycle trails. Unfortunately, the cloud was lower than forecast (i.e. I was in it all day despite staying below 400m!) so I didn’t get any views.
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Having been on my sixth CUHWC Edale trip in October, after our week in Corrour I headed to Borrowdale for my sixth CUHWC New Year trip to Seathwaite. Amazingly, the fine weather continued, and I enjoyed three more excellent days’ walking on the fells around Seathwaite and on the Coledale Horseshoe.
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The ‘Young Duffers’ (plus a few undergraduates) spent New Year week in the remote Highland estate of Corrour, staying in a pair of cottages at Strathossian. With not a drop of rain or a flake of falling snow all week, it was perfect weather for walks up all the nearby Munros – eleven in total – and we also had a couple of spectacular cloud inversions! Definitely a trip to remember!
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