Scruffy and Morgan
Morgan and Scruffy take their humans for a snowy walk on Place Fell
Having made it half way up Place Fell the day before when Morgan and I were invited to go the whole way up it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. Better still (for Morgan at least) our walking companions were Chris and Scruffy, Morgan’s best mate. We were also joined (for part of the trip) by Mountain Man Mike, who was with us until he got a call half way up from the Fire Brigade and randomly decided he had to head back down to polish his hose…
Conditions were much the same as the day before under foot – crunchy snow on the paths and soft fluffy stuff on the sides. As we headed up higher the snow had drifted into some of the gullies on the main path up to the summit so we were walking in the fluffy stuff for much of the way. Needless to say the dogs were in the fluffy stuff pretty much all the time..
Anyway enough of the words once again, here are some photos from the walk….
Chris half way up to Boredale with a snowy Ullswater Valley behind
A little snow on some of the main path
Mike gets the call and promptly disappears
Scruffy and Morgan await the humans
Scruffy and Chris on the summit plateau of Place Fell with Helvellyn Behind
Helvellyn, Brotherswater and Ullswater Panorama
Just to prove we made it to the top
Place Fell Summit in the Snow
Place Fell Summit Ridge
View of Helvellyn from Place Fell Summit
Chris bravely fell into this to give the boys a much needed drink
The Walk Back Home
A frolicking Morgan above Ullswater
Morgan over Brotherswater
By the time we caught up with him he’d sat down!
Chris proves very popular – or is it that Cornish Pasty??
Caught on camera – a couple of slackers faking a summit shot!!
Morgan’s mate Scruffy
And my mate Morgan….
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Looks awesome!
It certainly was – if a little cold up top when the wind got up!!