Pleased to see that the weather was similar to the previous day, we set off and parked in Grasmere at about lunch time. The rain had caused an incredible amount of flooding and we were soon wading through streams pretending to be paths. We headed along Easedale Road and then took the path up alongside Sour Milk Gill. The rain was holding off and it was a beautiful walk up along the gill which looked spectacular after the heavy rain of the day before.
Things became less good when we arrived at the tarn and realised that the stepping stones we needed to use to cross the tarn were under water. Being tenacious, we attempted to cross the tarn at various points using rocks, but none of the routes got us entirely to the other side. So we decided to wade across. Yes, that's right, wade across IN DECEMBER. As we were removing our boots and socks, it started to rain which we thought was a bit mean. Just as Mr Blogwalker was half way across and the fell runner was just about to lob his boots across, I decided that it was madness and refused to go any further. So we climbed out, put our shoes back on and decided to walk all the way around the tarn. So that's what we did.
The walk didn't take as long as we had feared and we were soon scrambling up a steep slope to get on to the ridge. From there it was a pull on to the top at 1801 ft and we did the last bit on our hands and knees as it was too windy to stand up.
We decided to follow the ridge all the way back to the bottom rather than going along the gill. It was a tough descent at the top but soon became easier and shallower and we were back down in Grasmere in no time at all.
Then we went home and had fish and chips. Excellent.
New fell: Tarn Crag
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