The plan was to get up early this morning and have soup for breakfast and then go down to the shop by 9.00 am to get bread. However we got up at 8.30 and by the time the soup was consumed it was after none. By the time Martin was back from the shop it was after 10 am. By the time we got on the road it was 11,00. Today our destination was Scafell Pike. At 12 noon we stopped for our second breakfast i.e. bread. We never thought it could taste so good!
We had a tough scramble up a scree run, which seemed small in the distance but endless when we got on it. The rocks kept sliding under our feet and it was sometimes difficult to go up at all. But we eventually got up on the ridge. Then a walk over stones to the top.
We were on top at the peak time ie 2.00 to 4.00. We had our lunch on top from 2.30 to 3.30. There must have been about 60 people up there when we arrived. It was a bit hazy so the view wasn’t much. We walked down via Broad Crag and Ill Crag – a nice gradual slow walk down. By the time we reached Sprinkling tarn we decided that it was better to camp there since the next day was easier and we would be better able for the walk to Styhead Tarn (about half and hour) in the morning.
So we pitched tent at Sprinkling Tarn 1900 ft above sea level. There was one other tent pitched at the far side of the tarn. It got cold that evening and to sit out we had to keep our jackets on. But it was a lovely place, with Great End behind us and Great Gable down the valley beside us. The sun disappeared behind Great Gable fairly early leaving a lovely orange tint all around it.
We hit the sack at about 10.30.
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