Great Borne Supremacy

Sunday was probably the first day this year where you saw the weather forecast and thought, "I will have some of that". low winds, no rain forecast and the prospect of some good views. Mrs Vic and I loaded the car and drove out the far west of the Lake District, to explore the hills overlooking Buttermere. At this time of year this part of the lakes is relatively quite and the the first three hours saw no one else except a few geese near the water. We approached Great Borne, our first Wainwright of the day , before we met anyone else. We then gently meandered across the tops, taking in Starling Dodd (Where Mrs W above can be seen drinking in the view over Ennerdale), Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag, before a knee crushing scree descent and refreshments (A pint of Jennings in my case and some Fish and Chips) before loading up and heading home. One last stop to catch the colourful sky over Crummock Water saw us spend 10 hours in total out and about and one can only hope we get more Sundays like this in the coming weeks.