We drove to Chapel Stile with the intention of climbing over Lingmoor from the west end.
The forecast was the opposite of last week's on Place Fell, assuring us of a
day without rain. It was equally as wrong, as the wind was gusty, and we had
rain on and off as we arrived in Langdale, and a squally shower at about 1 p.m.
We had a chat about farms and Brexit (shh!) with the farmer who runs the
Baysbrown camp site as he was rebuilding a fallen wall beyond Oak How.
On arrival at a junction of paths I decided to give the climb a miss. I’ve never been up that way
on to Lingmoor, and I was sure I would find it too strenuous if including Side
Pike. I didn’t want a repeat of the
Place Fell problem. Andrew, as fit as always, set off at a good pace.
I, instead, courageously went to explore the National Trust
campsite, with a view to using it with the camper at some future date. I met a
couple from Edinburgh who often use the site in their huge converted mail van
as a motor home, with their cats!
Then
I had a long chat with the guy in the booking office, who knew Bruce from
Baysbrown, with whom we had been chatting on the walk an hour or so earlier. I learnt
that it's okay to use my camper on the site all months of the year, and for
only a few pounds more than at Baysbrown (except in the high season, when it
was £20 per night). It does seem a good idea to go there sometime because there
shouldn’t be any noisy people with dogs and footballs in the motor home area!
I walked by road (unpleasant) to Dungeon Ghyll and then the route I had used last
June in extremely hot weather (gosh! a year ago!) and returned to the car at
Chapel Stile.
Andrew climbed the fell, and came down through the Chapel Stile quarry
to join me at about four thirty. He concurred that I would not have liked the
journey. So
we both had a good day, but with the obvious realisation that we shall probably
have to do something in regard to different routes each on future occasions.
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