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Perfect Pillar and ruddy awful Red Pike

Posted by Mark OLLIS on January 24, 2010 at 11:08pm — 1 Comment

Wet Wasdale and energetic Eskdale

Posted by Mark OLLIS on January 17, 2010 at 7:20pm

Christmas Vacation 09

Posted by Mark OLLIS on January 2, 2010 at 10:18pm — 1 Comment

Skiddaw uber ascent with the Leg

Posted by Mark OLLIS on December 29, 2009 at 7:00pm

Day 5 and the next few days ...

Posted by Mark OLLIS on December 28, 2009 at 10:13pm

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Mark OLLIS commented on Mark OLLIS's blog post 'Perfect Pillar and ruddy awful Red Pike'

I've just realised that the title make little sense as I haven't recorded that the weather changed at Windy gap and didn't clear again until Dore Head.

January 24

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Perfect Pillar and ruddy awful Red Pike

Sarah and H away skiing in Glasgow I was free as a bird and although tired got up at 8 to drop them and then noticed what a good day it might be. The forecast was wrong and after a stop in Wasdale to pick up left over Land Rover bits we headed up fr…

January 24

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Wet Wasdale and energetic Eskdale

Again, a tremendous weekend here across on the Wild West. It rained and warmed up and the snow melted. Wastwater gained some height and the Irt started to spurt the melt water. The level was near perfect but having passed Lund Bridge and with the fi…

January 17

Mark OLLIS commented on Mark OLLIS's blog post 'Christmas Vacation 09'

Day 8 - Keswick to Latrigg but wind too strong and we had a day walking Ennerdale in the ice too

January 14

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Christmas Vacation 09

Day 1 - Sell Gill Sledge Day 2 - Christmas Eve Middle Fell and Igloo building Day 3 - Boxing Day - Irton Round WCMC meet Day 4 - Barrow [Sunday] Day 5 - Randle Pike to Skiddaw and return via long edge Day 6 - Pallets to Bare Pot Stainburn, River Der…

January 2

Mark OLLIS added 13 photos to the album 'Skiddaw too'