Another amazing weekend of May sunshine in The Lake District! Lorna and myself camped at Baysbrown Farm this time as The National Trust campsite at Great Langdale was full (we didn't realise it was an English school holiday). However this campsite is just as good, and although the New and Old Dungeon Ghyll hotels and pubs are a little further away, Wainwrights pub in Chapel Stile, is less than ten minutes walk via a path that avoids the road.
As we arrived (on Thursday ), the view down the valley to Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle on it's left was quite atmospheric with low cloud hanging over Stickle Tarn (out of view).
On friday we walked along the valley to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and then up to Raven Crag and Middlefell Buttress, graded "D" although I couldn't remember the start and faffed around for a bit until we got going! As we approached there were only two other climbers on it.
After a couple of pitches, we decided to do the 40m abseil off the tree that everyone seems to use. There is some abseil tat already there in the form of rope and slings so we made sure that our rope (now doubled as I lugged the other 50m rope up in the heat!) was through all of them!
Lorna abseiling off the tree into Great Gully (I think it's called?).
Me dropping down into the gully, before heading down to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel for a pint!
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