Deaf Man Walking: A little distraction

Well, we had a week in the Lake Districts, stayed at a very nice house near Windermere! But my real challenge for the week was to climb Scafell Pike with my brother in law. We planned firstly to take the easiest route from Wasdale Head, but due to complications in getting there early enough, we decided to go up via the route from the Old Dungeon Ghyll Inn, which was more accessible by bus from Windermere.

It was an arduous trek, mainly because my brother in law has only recently recovered from knee surgery and, while I do a lot of endurance walking, am not exactly built for walking up mountains!

Anyway, it took us around 6-7 hours to climb to the summit and back, where we celebrated with a few beers before heading back to Windermere. It's certainly an achievement for me and I am glad I did it. Although, it has made me want to do the other mountains in the British Isles now! I can do the Ben Nevis challenge when I pass it on my end2end. And there are already plans in motion to climb Snowdon with an old school friend for charity...

TTFN!