26 December 2016

Catbells

A short very blustery Boxing Day walk.

Route: leaving the car on the road to Grange (very parked up!) about 500m south of the end of the ridge and clambouring steeply on to the end of the balcony path and hence onto the recently re-engineered path to the summit, buffeted by strong winds. Continuing south beyond the summit to descend a staircase-like path at Hawse Gate to pick up the balcony path and following this to the end and then back to the car along the road.

Conditions: higher cloud than the previous day and dry but strong winds.

Pub: the Farmer's Arms, Portinscale for Jennings Red Breast and Marstons Owd Roger (including mixing them).