Sterling Adventures

We’d planned a weekend away wild camping and I was a little concerned as the forecast wasn’t brilliant and three wet dogs in a tent is not an ideal situation!

We parked at Hartsop and headed up Hartsop Dodd and then around to Stony Cove Pike on Caudale Moor and then around to Gray Crag.

Heading up onto Hartsop Dodd

We ended our walk by pitching the tent on the side of Hayeswater and watched the sun go down while the dogs rested, played, chewed on chewy things and then slept.

Our campsite

Cooking tea (hot chocolate sponge and chocolate sauce)

A fine spot to brush your teeth

We woke after nearly 12 hours sleep to beautiful sunshine.

Breakfast eaten we headed off to tackle a few more Wainwrights. We decided to leave the tent up to save weight in our packs and return later to collect the remainder of our kit.

Our first stop was Brock Crags, followed closely by Angletarn Pikes before contouring around to The Nab (spying a few deer on the way), and returning over the summit of Rest Dodd.

Returning from the trip out to The Nab

Approaching Rest Dodd

Back at the tent we had a relaxing drink and a short rest (it had been a hot day) and my forehead had told me that the sun had been shining for most of it! The dogs were very pooped.

Wainwrights to go (round two): 159