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11 Dec 11
A day like in a Fairy Tale: Helvellyn in Winter
The second day of my Lake District Winter weekend the weather cannot be better so I plan to hike up the iconic Helvellyn from the panoramic Thirlmere side. What a great day this will become ! I start from Swirl parking at 10 am. The flank is bewteen 25 and 40 degrees and above 300m the snow cover was sufficient to don my MSR...
Published by MicheleK 3 January 2012, 23h27 (Photos:27)
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10 Dec 11
Skiddaw (931m): amazing views after a whiteout
In December it has been snowing a lot in northern England and so I decided to spend a weekend in the Lake District, enjoying the beautyful scenery of white hills and green valleys. I left London on Friday 7pm, drove up the M6 and slept in a motel along the M6 some 100km after Manchester. Left early on Saturday and was in...
Published by MicheleK 3 January 2012, 03h35 (Photos:21)