I got back form climbing Scafell Pike today. It was awesome! Drove up to a mate’s house nearby on Friday night, then we did the walk on Saturday and drove back on Sunday.

The walk started off ok, but there was a lot of cloud higher up, initially obscuring the peak. Also, it was surprisingly busy! There were loads of other people about, I was expecting it to be fairly quiet. The ascent was easy going, and there were still some good views about even though the cloud obscured higher parts of the mountains. We took the steep route up, which involved getting up a scree run followed by a slight scramble to reach the saddle between Scafell and Scafell Pike. By this stage we were in the mist, and visibility was quite low, but we could see the valley on the opposite side through a gap in the cloud.

From the saddle we started the last part of the walk to the peak. We eventually got there to find a huge amount of people! Some photos and food later found us starting to wonder back down the mountain, intnding to take a route down the other side into a different valley…but we missed the turning (partially my fault…) and ended up doing down a path that eventually joined the one we took up. Then we drove back to my mate’s, got some beer and Chinese and had a few laughs. Then drove back today!