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The weather on the first day of the bank-holiday weekend turned out much wetter than forecast, so the planned rock climbing excursion to Borrowdale was modified into a poor weather navigation practice up on Blencathra. We based our activities around some of the controls on a copy of Rachel & Richard’s LAMM taster orienteering maps from 2007 which they had given us a few months ago. (Thanks for that R & R!) The team (Anna, Ian, Laetitia, and Pete) got blown about in weather varying from sunny moments to heavy wind-driven rain … a whole lot of fun, as thanks to the company we spent more time laughing than getting lost!
A moody view across to Derwent Water between the rain
"So, I think we are here ... a wet, featureless, lump of Lakeland hillside. What do think?"
After all that we retired to a cafe in Keswick for tea & cakes! 
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6 Responses to “Blencathra”
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I’d just like to remind everyone that it is still, despite appearances, August and therefore SUMMER. Though you wouldn’t know it.
Best hill in the world? Gets my vote…
So, how many did you find?
Surely the question is: did you find the sheepfold?
Yeah, the sheepfold was easy – there are big stone walls to see and confirm you’re in the right place… After that we went off finding various indistinct patches of grass given away only by vague wiggles in the contours. We finished with a massive traverse around to a waterfall on the path back down to the cars (and cakes)!
Sounds like you earned your tea & cakes!