Thursday January 19th
Lord's Seat and Barf with The Curmudgeons The second day of the brief trip to The Lakes with Tim, Andrew, Chas, Julian and honorary Curmudgeon Lauren. A shorter walk had been planned but the general consensus was that Barf really should be on the itinerary. The original plan was to leave two cars at the Whinlatter Forest car park and drive everyone up to Scawgill Bridge, leaving the other cars there, so that we could have a one-way walk, rather than a circular one. However, those plans were scuppered as the Whinlatter Pass was closed after the Whinlatter Forest Park car park. We wound our way up through the forest and found ourselves on the summit of Lord's Seat, possibly more by luck than judgement. The mists cleared as we arrived. Chas, Julian and Lauren at the summit of Lord's Seat There was a certain amount of discussion about whether we'd go down to Barf then return to Lord's Seat and go on to Broom Fell and Graystones (on the original route). This would mean...