Woke up Saturday morning to a dusting of snow and decided to go with Plan A - bouldering at Carrock fell round under the slopes of Carrock fell, Blencathra. The further north and east we drove the more snow there was, and it was obvious that there was too much to go with Plan A. But we carried on, off the A66 and up the snowy road to Mungrisdale, all in order to prove to ourselves that yes it was actually too snowy! A sweet three point turn on the single track to turn around and we headed to Keswick. We had no map or compass or real walking kit, but had enough to see us up Skiddaw and back via the tourist path - plan b.
The top third from the fence below Low Man was clagged in, but we saw glimmers of blue sky above from the top and a few seconds of clearing to see the fields out below. We didn't hang around, and trotted back down again, being treated with this view on the way down over Derwentwater.
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