St Sunday Crag

Great walk as part of a high level traverse

If walking from Grasmere to Patterdale on the C2C, this makes for a great high level traverse. Much, much quieter than the Striding Edge alternative. We hardly saw a person and the views down into t...

A Grand Day Out

Saint Dominic, he of the Dominican Friars and Patron Saint of Astronomers, is known in these parts (for unfathomable reasons) as St. Sunday. For reasons equally ineffable, this 841 meter (about 2759 f...

Probably the highlight of our C2C walk.

Last time we trekked the Coast to Coast we had the most awful storm at Grisedale Tarn. This time saw a perfect day. The walk up to St. Sunday Crag is not too strenuous but keeping to the path was a ...

Hikes on C2C

I hiked this on recommendation for my route into Pattersdale on C2C. I wasn’t keen on dealing with Hellvyln (fear of heights at the thought of the knife’s edge)but I wanted a view and this did not dis...

-15 windchill, 35mph wind, snow and 20m visibility

What a perfect bracing winter walk, with the right skill and the right kit. I've heard it said that there is no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes, and today proved the point. ...