Having A Blast on Blencathra

We’d an amazing walk up Blencathra (or Saddleback) in the snow yesterday.  Easily distinguished from miles around by its distictive “Saddleback” topography,  it evokes a feeling of genuine contentment or homecoming in many people when they first glimpse the hill on their way to the Lake District as visitors or as locals returning home.  We preferred the safer route along Scales Fell to the summit, watching roped up walkers delicately negotiating the narrow ridge of Sharp Edge, with crampons and ice axes.  The views along the way were breathtaking with clear visibility across the fells and the Solway to Scotland