Kentmere O

The LOC summer evening series comes to Kentmere. It will use a new area.

The course is a 1 hour score. Each control worth 10 points. Get as many as you can. And get to the finish in time or lose points. Simple!

Thre are 20 controls, I get 16 and am back a few minutes early. Could possibly have got 1 more but that assumes good nav and speed so I think I made the right decision. 

Very enjoyable but also very hot and muggy.

Russell

Langdale run

Another V hot day and this saps my energy. A slow run but enjoyable. I could not manage much more.

From Langdale I head up White Gill. There are a couple of climbers doing one of the first climbs I ever did. 1977 or 78. Then I find my way over to Stickle Tarn and decide to go up Jacks Rake. More climbers doing more routes from my past. 

Then around to Harrison Stickle. I try to descend at a good pace but the heat gets the better of me. Must be good training though!

Russell

Helvellyn

Time for some Ben Nevis training. Is is going to be a hot day so get out reasonably early. I choose a straight up and down Helvellyn from Swirls. Need to get the descents in as much as the climbs if I am going to be able to walk afterwards. Shorts and T shirt day but very windy and cool on top.

A good run.

Russell

Scotland trip

The Scotland trip is becoming a bit of an annual event. That is no bad thing. This time we (DW, CB and myself) head to the Cairngorms and park up at the ski centre. Our first day takes us across the Lairig Ghru. Then down the western edge. Taking in 4 Munros. I am not going to attempt to spell the names of summits reached. We descend back into the valley and camp near the bothy but far enough away to avoid the crowds!

It is a cold night.

Day 2 is a leisurely start. No rush to reach our campsite this evening. The first Munro is an out and back, so we can leave the heavy packs behind for a while. Then on to Ben Macdui. Scotland's second highest mountain. We beak for the second brew of the day. A pleasant snowy descent and another out and back (sans packs). Derry Cairngorm. I think I can spall that one. Descend to a loch and possible camp site. A bit too cold here so we drop down further to Loch Avon to find a spot.

A pleasant and much warmer evening here. 

Day 3 is back to the car via a cold and icy Cairngorm summit. 

The into Aviemore for a late breakfast.

Russell