Glaramara

Yesterday we walked up "Glaramara". The weather forecast had said "sunny intervals," but we walked up into the cloud at about 10am and didn't see the sun until it was setting again at about 6pm. In the meantime, we walked up and up ... and up ... and it turned out that "Allen Crags" wasn't a single place, but a journey in itself. We walked for over 8 hours! By the time we returned to the car, via the pub, we were both veering a little to the left or the right. Today, we both ache - even our toes ache! Memorable moments will include the clouds sweeping below us across Esk Hause, driven by a literal wind turbine - not a metaphorical one! The link on the title or here will download a 20Mb video clip of the 'view' from the summit.

Luckily, Brina's compass-setting and map-reading skill saved the day and we were able to navigate our way off the summit for several hours in cloud without too many mishaps, misdirections, or falling to our deaths over mountain-edges.

Ouchies.