Phil and Jo Fletcher-Lee

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Walks at the moment: We are trying to finish the Birketts, just 30 left out of 541 including Pillar Rock as the finale. Finished the Wainwrights in 2013, last one Slight Side. We enjoy walking in the Yorkshire dales, having done most of the 2,000ers in the old boundaries that was once North Riding and interested in the Nuttalls - keep adding the lists. Welsh 3,000 also lots of good stuff to do in Scotland - plenty of summits2do MAIN BLOG PICTURES PLEASE CLICK TO ENLARGE ALSO CLICK OLDER BLOGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR PREVIOUS YEARLY POSTINGS

Saturday, 21 July 2012

ESK PIKE, PIKE DE BIELD - LAKES

Great day, weather just right for walking - little bit of breeze and good visability. Walked up Grains Gill (hate this walk up)  onto Esk Hause, joined the multitude heading for Scafell Pike then broke off left to Esk Pike. Encountered a group of Sikhs from the Midlands as we broke off left to Esk Pike - what a great top, brilliant views down the Langdales, Bowfell and the Crinkles.

Headed down towards Mosedale to bag Pike de Bield (Birkett) then back up to Esk Pike and back to the main trod from from Scafell Pike, stopped for a break at the top of Grains Gill and encountered two couples enjoying fags and cans of Stella after their ascent of Scafell Pike, like their style!

16 Wainwrights and 97 Birketts left to go! God! that pint  felt good in Keswick, nearly as good as the second!

Looking down Eask Hause, Gables on the left.
Jo on the top of Esk Pike
The phallic cairn of Pike de Bield, Scafell and Scafell Pike on the horizon
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