Beinn Ghuibin
Beinn Ghuibin 577m
D: 7:90km El: 333M T: 2hrs 34 mins
https://www.strava.com/activities/4801829774
A catch up walk with Chris we went up a hill I had my eye on for a little while. Still deep snow in places….cold but the sun is getting stronger.
Mungrisdale Common
Mungrisdale Common 633m 
https://www.strava.com/activities/4759937710
D: 11km T: 3hrs 12mins El: 492m
After over a week of decorating joe and I deserved a day off! The weather was to be dry but cold with a stiff wind. We were still to stay local but didn’t want to go back to Loadpot Hill area as Joe could access there by bike. So one of my last remaining Wainwrights just tucked behind Blencathra was a obvious choice with the possibility of continuing on up to Blencathra itself. Once we read wainwrights’ description we were hooked!
” Mungrisdale Common’s natural attractions are of a type that appeals only to sheep: There is little on these extensive slopes to provide even a passing interest for an ordinary walker and nothing at all to encourage a visit” and so he goes on!!
We had an enjoyable walk up it felt so good to be out! Once we got to the saddle between Scale Fell and Souther Fell we dropped down to a foot bridge and went up a path I had not been on before which led to the saddle between Blencathra and Bannerdale crags. It was all the time getting more icy and snowy. We skirted round the common and eventually located the top. The snow was firm enough to take our weight most of the time but the wind was bitter. I didn’t have my big gloves so my hands were freezing. we decided to head back down it had been a long week and we thought a nice meal and a long evening were a good idea!
Bannerdale Crags 
The thin line of the path with sharpe edge on the skyline 
Sharpe edge 
Looking back at Sharpe edge 
Mungrisdale Common and Skiddaw behind 
Joe with Foule Crag behind him 
At the Top 
The Summit Cairn!! 
Great Mell Fell 
Slocht upper Loop
https://www.strava.com/activities/4705679548
D: 9km T: 1hr 46mins El:132m
I got my self some Nordic skis from facebook market place. They are quite long so lets see how i got on! Well the verdict was good….much better than I thought but one of the clips on the binding broke and kept coming undone so i need to get a new one. It was a lovely sunny day with no wind, so when we had gone round the loop we turned round and went round the other way. Brilliant! It should be notes that when I fell over I couldn’t get up!!! Last outing of the month and Sunday I go down south to begin the epic decorating feat.
Burma Road on Skis
https://www.strava.com/activities/4684313574
D: 9.56km T:2hrs 26mins El: 497m
My most ambitious Ski tour yet! We thought the sun may come out but it didn’t really and the wind was getting stronger so we never made it to the top of Geal Carn Mor, it was getting a bit icy under ski too. So we turned and headed down. Lovely powder and the ski back down the Burma road was lovely too. A most excellent day with Chris.
A Nordic Ski
https://www.strava.com/activities/4678775827
D: 6.75km T: 1hr 41mins El: 53m
A Nordic ski not on the golf course, Anne Marie lent me her skis for a week so I had the chance to get out with Dot. Good fun…still looking for a cheap pair of my own.
Another Ski Tour
Creag Ghiubhsachan 603m
D:4.97km El: 304m T:4hrs 26mins
https://www.strava.com/activities/4669168051
Another lovely blue bird day, lots of cars and vans at the parking spot we only just got parked. it was a great skin up – I think i like the going up as much as the down. fantastic views from the top. Coming down was lovely powder for the first half sadly over too quickly but then a bit of a bash through heather and snow to get back to the track. Another excellent day.
Another Narnia Day
Creag Dhubh 444m
D: 6.9km El: 191m T: 2hrs 37mins
https://www.strava.com/activities/4663335591
I met up with Chris, we decided that it wasn’t going to be skiing snow but as we walked up the tracks from her house the snow got better and better. So I drove home for my skis and we set back off by now it was getting late. good job i had my head torch with me. an excellent day.
Kennapole Hill….a bike and hike
Kennapole Hill 382m
https://www.strava.com/activities/4646615552
https://www.strava.com/activities/4646615552
https://www.strava.com/activities/4647151133
Today is tax return day but kai said afternoon which i thought was 2pm ish but to him it was 5pm ish. so i decided to head off for a bit of a bike ride and walk up Kennapole Hill. Very icy ride but i had my spikes tyres so all good. The walk was interesting a scramble up snow moss juniper bushes and fallen trees! I wasn’t sure which way i would get back to the bike but certainly not the way I came up. The top was lovely and a clear path headded roughly the way i wanted to go! it turned out to be a much easier way down and came out on the track not far from my bike. Back home just before dark in time to do my tax return. A excellent wee adventure
Icy Paths, Soft Snow and Breakable Crusts
The Bochel 491m (Sub 2,000)
D: 3.81km El: 178m T: 1hr 15mins
https://www.strava.com/activities/4636266098
A wee walk with Kenny part of his continued getting fit campaign. The path was icy, then a steep walk up through woods and soft snow . Lovely views at the top but cold!!
Loadpot Hill
Loadpot Hill 671m
D: 13.84 El: 417m T: 3hrs 19mins
https://www.strava.com/activities/4608928249
After much debate Joe and I decided that the 7 mile drive to the beginning of the walk would be within the covid lockdown restrictions. When we got there there were a few cars with dog walkers who obviously thought the same. We had a lovely frosty icy walk with fantastic views over the Helvelyn range and the northern Penines including Cross Fell.
And some from my little camera
Mountain Days and Photo Nights 