The other Ben Lomond
1 comment May 3rd, 2007 12:46pm Mark
Skiddaw from High Side
Add comment April 8th, 2007 07:13pm Boz
Walk Stats
Length: 13.6 km
Ascent: 900 m
Highest point: 930m
Time: 4:15 hrs
Condition: Bright sunshine
Maps: Explorer OL4 and Landranger 89 or 90
Difficulty: 3/5
Route download: GPX
Summary:
A pleasant walk which took us along the Allerdale Ramble to Ullock Pike, Long Side, and Carl Side combined with the clear day gave excellent views off into the distance. A reasonably steep ascent up Skiddaw to complete the climb for the day, and a nice decent across Bakestall and back to the car. Definitely worth doing on a clear day as the view was fantastic.
Description:
Starting from a lay-by on the Orthwaite road (off the A591 NY 23623096) north of Keswick & the A66 we headed along the clearly marked foot path ENE, which turned back on itself to head southwards to join the Allerdale Ramble. By accident we crossed the stream just before we joined the Allerdale Ramble, and for an unknown reason I thought I knew best and took a stupid route back to the main path. A steady climb took us up Ullock Pike & Long Side and offered the best views of the day by far (in my humble opinion), of Bassenthwaite Lake & Derwent Water and the surrounding hillside.
The climb up to the top of Skiddaw, was steep and steady up a scree like path. I wouldn’t like to descend this section as it would be quite harsh on the knees (but that’s just me), as far as a climb goes it was steep but perfectly manageable. There where several wind breaks at the top of Skiddaw which made a nice spot for lunch.
At the top we where slightly bemused by a strange sight of unicyclists riding down from the summit. Its not the first time we’ve seen anything like that, but it still amazes me none the less. (Check out this picture if you don’t believe me)
As you can see from the picture on the right, Nige was bored during lunch and wanted to show his stuff as a potential replacement for buff man, but ended up looking like a lost granny on her way to the shops.
The walk down the far side of the mountain was a little cooler, with a slight breeze, and didn’t have the same impressive views of the lakes. We took a slight detour, but the path came and went but looking at the maps it always followed the fence which was on our right hand side.
A couple of us, found the descent a little painful on the knees but for once i wasn’t one of the ones struggling. But following the descent we followed the road back to our cars.
All in all, a pleasant walk with some fantastic views.
Review: Jeantex T3000 5in1 Jacket
Add comment April 8th, 2007 07:13pm Boz
I’ve been pondering for a while over buying a new jacket, and i was browsing around Cheshire Oaks, when i found a nice lightweight jacket, unfortunately i gave in. And i think it was the best purchase i have made for a long long long time.
First things first, its a 5in1 jacket, ie 1 - body warmer, 2 - body warmer with windproof layer, 3 - windproof body layer, 4 - windproof jacket, and last but not least 5 - windproof jacket with a thermal body liner.
Designed for biking this jacket comes with a pack away pouch, and some quick release mounts for your bike, so you can attach it to the frame of your bike. I think its a really good feature and means you can easily take it with you.
I’ve used this in windy, rainy, bright weather and every time it has been fantastic, I tend to use it with a wicking base layer, and a micro fleece if it is cold when i’m walking, but due to its light weight and very high breath-ability it always just right.
If it does get too warm there is always the option of taking the sleeves off to make it that bit cooler.
For walking, biking, anything, this jacket seems to do it all, i picked it up for about £100 and its worth every penny. Especially because it works in cold miserable conditions but is definitely small enough to fit in the smallest of day sacks, as a back up during hot conditions.
If i could describe it in one phrase, “versatile enough to use winter to summer and great value”
Helvellyn, Striding Edge & Whiteside Bank from Glenridding
Add comment April 8th, 2007 03:40pm Boz
Walk Stats
Length: 16.5 km
Ascent: 1034 m
Highest point: 952m
Time: 6:10 hrs
Condition: Bright sunshine, light breeze in the afternoon
Maps: Explorer OL5 and Landranger 90
Difficulty: 3/5
Route download: GPX
Summary:
‘We didn’t end up doing our planned route due to some confusion at the beginning of the walk however it was still a very enjoyable walk, weather was the nicest so far this year I think, will have to be thinking about sun cream from now on! Met up with some friends at Red Tarn and then on to Striding Edge after that and to the top which was fun as usual. Bit knacked by the end especially after doing Skiddaw the day before but all good :)’
Description:
We started off from Glenridding car park we went up the road round the back of the car park and took the path up to the left towards Little Cove following Mires Beck. The gradual climb up was quite hard especially as I’d not done much walking for a while.
Eventually the climb flattened out and we started to head towards the Hole in the Wall seemed like an eternity but once we got there we knew that it wasn’t much further to Red Tarn so kept plodding on as we were due to meet some friends there for lunch. At Hole in the Wall we took the path West down to the tarn and stopped for a well deserved lunch (tasty it was too!)
Our friends decided to take the path up towards Swirral Edge but as usual we fancied a bit more of a challange so headed back up the path we came down to go up Striding Edge and onto Helvellyn. We blitzed Striding getting up to the top just as they got up from Swirral, we would have been up even faster if it wasn’t so busy and Tim wasn’t being such a wuss as usual.
At the top we didn’t hang around long and decided to go back over Lower Man, Whiteside Bank and round the back of Red Screes following the main path down between Glenridding Common and Birkhouse Moor (north side of river) crossing at the Weir passing the Youth Hostal on our left and then back down into Glenridding joining the same path we started on.
Quite a nice walk and weather was superb… bring on the summer!
Patterdale to Fairfield, Helvellyn & Swirral Edge
3 comments March 25th, 2007 09:22pm Boz
Walk Stats
Length: 19.2 km
Ascent: 1500 m
Highest point: 952m
Time: 8:30 hrs
Condition: Bright sunshine, turning a bit windy in the late afternoon
Maps: Explorer OL5 and Landranger 90
Difficulty: 4/5
Route download: GPX
Summary:
‘I thought we where just going for a short bimble,’ 8:30hrs and 19km later we finally get back. Against all of that, it was a nice walk & the day started fantastic, bright and warm. Started in Patterdale, up the side of Birks and along the ridge to Fairfield for a snack. By this point i wanted to go home but was forced up Helvellyn & back down Swirral Edge… the swines!
Description:
We started off from a Pub carpark in Patterdale (NY 39751580) headed W from the back of the carpark and missed the first path up the near Oxford Crag, as we started to follow the fence by accident, and headed up to rejoin the path. As we wanted to get up Fairfield & Helvellyn we decided to miss out the short section to the top of Birks even though it looked like fun as the path was covered in Snow. The Cape was our first snack stop and provided some spectacular views of the surrounding area including the climbs to come.
From the Cape we headed up Fairfield and had a now traditional half way Haribo stop, a small breeze started to develop which kept us cool but as we stopped for the Haribo we felt the chill. But i really didn’t like the descent to Grizedale Tarn as it was a mix of damp mud and a fine scree….. a wee bit painful on the knees.
A steady plod up to Dollywag pike, left me pretty much knackered, however Martin felt the need to divert from the path and run full pelt along the edge of the Crag. The path then followed the ridge up to the top of Helvellyn where we had our last snack of the day, and put on coats etc as the wind started to pick up.
Due to the wind & because i was knackered we decided to take the slightly easier descent of Swirral Edge rather than Striding Edge, and followed the path around Red Tarn and over the ridge. From here we followed the paths back to the carpark & walked round the carpark 3 times just so we could get the GPS track from 19.7km to over the 20km. Trust me it seemed sensible at the time.
All in all its the first walk we’ve been on this year with such good weather and had plenty of scope for variation.
Review: Garmin GPS60
Add comment March 25th, 2007 05:12pm Boz
During the Outdoor Show i had a play with a few GPS devices, with the entry level Garmin eTrek & GPS60 appearing the best combination of value and features. I ended up spending the extra money and bought the GPS60 because i found it much more versatile & it had an extended battery life (28hrs). The USB cable is standard with the box, along with the Trip and Waypoint manager, belt clip and hand strap, i also got a Garmin neoprene case & how to use GPS book free as a bundle offer at the show.
I found this more versatile due to more easy to use buttons and a customisable display which can show upto 8 Data Fields from a selection of over 30 trip details. Although it isn’t one of the all singing all dancing GPS units it does exactly what i want, which is to record the track & give us bearing and map location if we ever needed it, and to be rugged enough to sustain the odd drop & be atleast splash proof. Mainly because i would rather use a map to navigate than the GPS itself.
Well down to the proper test, we used it on ‘Patterdale to Fairfield, Helvellyn & Swirral Edge‘ walk, and it did exactly what we wanted. Compared to Nige’s Magellan eXplorist the interface was very fast and just as easy to use, when we got used to it.
The belt clip which comes in the box works out really well clipped to the shoulder strap of a rucksack and i found if you used the hand strap to secure it the was enough maneuverability to use the GPS safe in the knowledge it wont fall down a cliff.
As expected the Garmin interfaces easily with Memory Map, with all the expected features, also there are are plenty of accessories available for attaching to bikes etc which make this unit quite versatile.
All in all i really like this GPS, and prefer it to Nige’s, but its horses for courses, and in the words of some bloke at the Outdoor Show, ‘I’ts like trying to suggest a car, what suits me wont suit everyone else’. If you want entry level GPS for around £150 i can recommend this unit.
Review: Montane Terra Pants
Add comment March 25th, 2007 05:09pm Boz
Outdoors Show bargain, Montane Terra Pants under £50, Nige & Martin & almost eveyone else we know swears by Montane gear. So i decided to join the band wagon.
Only used them once so far but, excellent! Well made, look like they will be pretty hard wearing and the ventling down the sides really helps you self regulate your temperature…. A really good piece of kit.
A short review, but how many times can you say excellent!
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