Langstrath-Borrowdale-Walla Crag-Castle Rigg By early morning the wind was still buffeting the tent and the sky was obstinately grey. But a nights sleep and the prospect of an easier day hiking down through Borrowdale put a spring in our step. We made tea and crunched granola in the lee of a large boulder before donning…
Great Langdale to Langstrath Sheltered in the campsite behind a hedge we didn’t get the bashing we expected overnight, and by about 11am the clouds started to clear and I was itching to get started. Our objective for the day was to climb up and over Stake Pass and descend into the wilds of Langstrath to camp. Hikers…
Scallop shells, the traditional symbol of the Pilgrim Where and why does a journey begin? Does it begin with a dream, an idea, a conversation, a guidebook or the first step? Does it begin with the glint of high snows on sunlit peaks, the glimpse of a trail winding into the forest, the sound of…
