Thursday 25 June 2009

Thurs 25th June, Helvellyn by Striding Edge

Another bright and sunny day in the Lakes. I am with Alison, James, Nick and Richard for a days guided walking on Helvellyn. They route they have chosen is to ascend by Striding Edge and descend by Swirral Edge. Shortly after we set off I realised my camera was in the car so sorry no pictures today.

We reached the hole in the wall after a steady pull up the path from Patterdale and enjoyed the views across the Lakes before making our way up onto the ridge. By setting off early we had managed to get ahead of the crowds and crossed the ridge with only a few others about.

Helvellyn summit was as usual very busy and despite the warm weather in the valley was very cold on tops, mainly due to wind chill effect, after a quick lunch break we set off again. The route back down followed the crest of Swirral Edge and we continued onto the summit of Catstye Cam before dropping down to Red Tarn. Our route back to the valley was over Birkhouse Moor before dropping into Glenridding for a well earned pint.

Tuesday 23 June 2009

Sun 22nd June, Hadrians Wall Day 2 GOSH

Today is the second day of our trek on Hadrains Wall with Great Ormond Street Hospital. It is a slightly shorter route today, 10 miles, and will take us via Housesteads Fort to our final destination of Brocolitia.

We set off early from the campsite in some good weather to rejoin the wall where we had finished the previous day. We had a few tired legs and aching muscles as we set off but soon everyone got into their stride. This section of wall is very undulating and very scenic and the miles past quickly. Soon we reached Sycombmore tree Gap, part of the film set for a Robin Hood movie. After a short break we continued onto Housesteads Fort where some folks got dressed up as Romans before we stopped for lunch. The section in the afternoon is much less undulating and finishes with a long flat section to the fort at Brocolitia and our finish line.
Again Debbie and Alex showed great speed and ran head to cheer us in a pour a glass of champagne for the challengers to celebrate. All of the clients succesfully completed the challenge and helped raise a large amount of money for a good cause.

More images of today can be found by following this link












Sat21st June, Hadrians Wall trek with GOSH

Today I am working on a charity trek on Hadrians Wall for Great Ormond Street Hospital with Bruce , Sean and charity reps Alex and Debbie. We have a large group of 37 clients who are fund raising for GOSH.


Our route today is to walk 15 miles from Lanercost Priory due east along the line of the wall back to our campsite at Melkridge. After the obligitory team photo we set off to get to our first major milestone at Birdoswald Roman Fort. Just before we arrived at the fort the rains came and we decided to have a well earned break in the cafe. When we set off again the weather had improved and the sun even came out. The lunch stop was just after Greenhead at the top of a long incline where we meet our caterers Antony& Kirstin who had warm drinks and food waiting for us.


After lunch the route become more interesting with more section of the wall visible and it is also slightly more undulating terrain. Late afternoon we finally arrived at the end of the days walk and had a short section on the roads back to our campsite.


Alex and Debbie showed a remarkable turn of sped in the final 500m running ahead to cheer our trekkers back into camp at the end of day 1

More images from day 1 can be found if you follow this link

http://picasaweb.google.com/george.mountaintreks/LoResJPEGHadriansWallDay1GOSH?authkey=Gv1sRgCNGUsrfVnrzbOQ#


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