CUHWC Stair Trip

2nd May 2008 to 5th May 2008

I went on the CUHWC trip to Stair, in the Newlands valley, where we enjoyed dry weather all weekend. On the Saturday my walk was along ridges to Buttermere and back, and on the Sunday we walked from Whinlatter Pass. After the official trip, I stayed in the Lakes for a wonderful, sunny Bank Holiday Monday, and walked in the almost-deserted Central Fells.

The Newlands valley, from Scar Crags	Sunday: Hobcarton and Lord's Seat. The Hobcarton valley	The ridge to Ladyside Pike	Hopegill Head, from Ladyside Pike
Alex P, and the view back to Ladyside Pike	Hobcarton Crag	Ladyside Pike, from the slabs near the summit of Hopegill Head	Grisedale Pike
Looking down Gasgale Gill to the Loweswater Fells	Barrow, Outerside and Causey Pike, with ghostly Central and Eastern Fells ridges beyond	Hopegill Head and Ladyside Pike	The Grasmoor group from Grisedale Pike
Looking across a hazy Vale of Keswick to the Dodds, from Whinlatter Forest	Spout Force	Sunday night: Keswick campsite. Catbells across Derwent Water...	...and looking stunning the next morning!
Monday: Boggy Centrals! Surprise View: Derwent Water and Skiddaw	Ashness Bridge and Skiddaw	Borrowdale, from the path to Walla Crag	The fantastic panoramic view from Walla Crag
Skiddaw	Looking towards Scafell Pike	Blencathra, from Bleaberry Fell	Looking back from High Tove