Tuesday 25th November, Pike O Blisco and Crinkle Crags

We awoke to a beautiful clear cold winters morning in the lakes, today I am doing some private guiding with Deborah and Alan from Durham on the Crinkles. Before I joined them I stopped off at Blea Tarn to get a few pictures of the early morning sun on the Langdales. Unfortunately the strong winds made the Tarn very rough and not so photogenic today.

The planned route took us from Three Shire Stone up to Red Tarn before crossing over Pike O Blisco. The wind on the tops was very cold and we did not stop for long on the summit. After returning to Red Tarn we started to make our way up the track to the Crinkles. There was a fine sprinkling of snow on the tops and by now the wind had dropped. We were able to enjoy some fantastic views over the Scafell range in the warmth of the sun. Our route from here took us up over the bad step to the summit cairn where after a short stop we head back down towards Cold Pike, our next objective, before making our way back to the vehicles.

I returned to Blea Tarn to get the last of the afternoon sun on the tarn on what was now very still water with fantastic reflections