Seat
Sandal is the fell on the right as you climb out of Grasmere travelling
north to the promised land (Keswick). I have had a soft spot
for it ever since, when trying to find a house in the Lake District,
one evening I came across from Elterwater over the top down into
Grasmere; it was sunset, and the whole of Seat Sandal glowed
pink. So did the other fells, but the massive shoulder of
Seat Sandal was what struck you. And I didn't have a camera!
However, today there was no glowing pink, or any other colour! I had started off early from Keswick because it was sunny and I wasn't convinced it would last. On reaching Westmorland, i.e., Dunmail Raise, the weather changed - as it notoriously does, and the cloud base dropped to about 1500 ft. The colours were distinctly grey all day.
Here are some pictures (click on any picture for a larger version):
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However, today there was no glowing pink, or any other colour! I had started off early from Keswick because it was sunny and I wasn't convinced it would last. On reaching Westmorland, i.e., Dunmail Raise, the weather changed - as it notoriously does, and the cloud base dropped to about 1500 ft. The colours were distinctly grey all day.
Here are some pictures (click on any picture for a larger version):
| That's
Seat Sandal straight ahead! |
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And
that's Grasmere down there somewhere... |
| Another
sheep not acting like sheep should... |
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On
the left you can see the flank of Nab Scar, the start/finish of the
Fairfield Horseshoe (our target for tomorrow, if the weather improves). |
| This
is Fairfield from Grisedale Hause. We have just started the
serious climb up Seat Sandal; there's about 300 ft of steep scree right
by the Hause., and we were just about to enter the clouds. |
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You'll
have to take my word for it, but I thnk this is the summit
cairn... |
| Grisedale
Tarn from Seat Sandal. St Sunday Crag partly visible on the
right. |
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Looking
back down from the Hause... |
| The
Hause, with some blue sky above! The path down formed part of the 4th day of AW's Coast-to-Coast walk, and these two were doing the CtC (so were at least four others we met in the next 800 yards). They told stories of rain for the last 24 hours in Borrowdale and Easedale - we in Keswick, about 10 miles away, had had virtually none. |
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By
11.30 am we could actually see the top of Seat Sandal from the valley! |
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