On the fifth day of the Coast to Coast walk, we walked from Patterdale to Burnbanks via Kidsty Pike, the highest mountain we would ascend on the walk. Having spent the whole of the previous day in waterproofs, wondering if having wet glasses was better than having steamed up glasses and hood totally up, would it be the same on Day 5? It didn't look much more promising and there was snow clearly visible on the tops. The photo below shows the view from Patterdale,the first part of our route was pointed out by Gillian, our leader, from the road, it looked steep.
I'm including this photo because this shows just what it was like, misty, cold and wet
There was a brighter part of the day at Hayeswater where we had a mid morning break, there were lots of Canada geese here
As we walked on, we got nearer the snow peaked mountains
and it began to snow
and although we were high up and it was very cold, the views were reasonably good
We had lunch sheltered from the worst of the wind by a wall. As you can see, it was very cold.
When we got to the top of Kidsty Pike, I didn't get my phone out to take a photo,others did, but I'll have to email someone to get them. These below were on Kidsty Pike, but not everyone beaming at the camera.
When we descended off the mountains, that was the end of the mountain walking, here's an example of the terrain before Burnbanks. Although I'd struggled up and down mountains, I was sad to reach the end of the Lake District proper.
But there's always something new round the corner on a walk.
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