David and Jacinta's Walks- 2023

A Stroll Around Great Langdale Another scorching day and, as we'd had plenty of great walks, we thought that we'd take it a little easy today. We plotted a woodland walk and then a return beside a stream, Great Langdale Beck. From The Piggery, we walked down to Chapel Stile and followed the signs to Great Langdale. After a short climb, we arrived at the path through the working slate quarry- a very impressive hole in the ground. Slate quarry above Chapel Stile Once out of the woodlands, the fields contained the occasional tree- this one caught David's eye. Blasted tree  The herdies were even more loth to move today- this mother and her offspring couldn't be bothered to move away from the path. Nothing to see here- move along, please The few ( Belted Galloway ?) cows on Basebrown Farm were all gathered under a single tree. Cows enjoying the shade On the start of our return, it felt as if we could have been in The Dolomites, albeit with the Langdale Pikes in the backgroun...

Pike O' Blisco Having arrived in The Lakes in the early afternoon, we decided to relive one of our former glories from roughly 40 years ago- Pike O' Blisco. We chose to start from Wainwright's suggestion of Stool End and, after about a kilometer of more or less level walking, we began the climb above Browney Gill- a steeper climb than most that we'd done recently. The weather was almost dolomitic and the views as spectacular. Jacinta chats with couple descending. Langdale Pikes in the background After a while, the slope eased and we were able to take in more views; we knew that the summit of Pike O' Blisco was only a few metres lower than that of Pike O' Stickle (the conical Langdale Pike) so we had something to gauge our ascent by. The climb eases a little- Pike O' Stickle behind/left of Jacinta As we got higher, other familiar hills came into view, including Bowfell. Bowfell looming in the distance On reaching the summit of Pike O' Blisco, we were rewa...