28/06/14 - Scafell Pike - (me and Luca)

The walk was an offset for me to not having Scotland to look forward to any more. Also, was a good opportunity to get Luca walking up a hill with me. Set off from home later than planned as I was kept up lateish the night before by work issues. We were on the road by 8am, rung by work on the way....

Luca forgot his waterproof jacket (shock!), so had to pick something up in Keswick. Luca said he didn't need it, but I said we'd see.....

Parked up and was immediately strung by how busy it was in comparison to Scotland. We struggled to get anywhere to park.

Set off on walk. Weather was warm, cloudy, but rain wasn't forecast. We started at a steady pace, but Luca seemed to be making a lot of excuses to stop and in truth quite a few people are passing us on the way. However, he says he's enjoying it, so it's all good.

The map is a little tricky to follow - there are so many hills and paths and my map reading seems to be falling short. Hills in Scotland were more pronounced and the paths fewer. It took me a long time to work out which hill was Scafell!

The last stretch is a bit of a slog. The peak is crowded and very cold, especially as the cloud descends.

We start the walk back, weaving through the hills as Luca doesn't want to do any more peaks than necessary. However, he's on good form.

We stop at the bridge to fill our bottle with the stream water - which is incredibly clear. Luca drinks a lot and we'd nearly run out.

We get back to the car having completed the advertised 7 hour walk in about 5.5 hours. We have some tea in a nice hotel and then drive home.

It didn't rain.....

GPX File