Sunday 5th July, Ghyll Scrambles

After a long day yesterday and a poor forecast for today we opted for a short scramble in Barbondale. The route starts with a short crawl through a tunnel under the road before entering the ghyll which was still damp from the overnight rain and some of the rocks were very slippery. It was surprisingly busy today with two school groups have started just ahead of us but they kindly let us past.

It is an interesting little ghyll with a few interesting problems and some steep walls to climb, a rope can be useful. It finishes with an intersting problem of a limestone keyhole you have to pass through before emerging from the gyhll on open fell side. A fun morning and it stayed dry.