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Ennerdale and Buttermere Originally uploaded by itsjustanalias.

She claims to have enjoyed it…

We walked up from Seatoller to Windy Gap, leaving the car at 5pm and reaching the top of Aaron Slack breathless and wet from almost constant drizzle at 7:30. The view from windy gap suggested that we wouldn’t need our backup plan, the clouds looked to be finite, there was sun.

So we contoured right from Windy Gap and took this one just as the Ennerdale valley looked on fire.

We reached Inominate tarn at 9 and had a spot of tea. We were out of the wind and the rain seemed unlikely. It was a bit chilly though. At around 10:30 we settled down into the sleeping bags (Liz used my bivvy bag, I used a plastic emergency bag) and watched the stars until we fell asleep. There were a couple of short showers overnight but the feel of light rain on your face is really quite pleasant.

At 5:30 we got up, had a cup of tea and rolled up the bags. Then the rain started in earnest. We walked back via Honister pass soaked to the skin arriving back at the car just as the rain stopped (which was good, we could get changed).

Then on into Keswick for a big brekkie at the Lakeland Pedaller and the Friday papers.

Liz said she wants her own bivvy bag now (yay!)