Belvedere’s extensive view
Yesterday i climbed Blencathra via Scales Fell on a dull day, bringing a few flakes of snow and then thick cloud on the summit path, which restricted views of these magnificent fells. A great route with a few patches of snow still around, but at 2800 feet it was freezing cold when you stopped.
Today it was time inside for some preparation work for decorating. But venturing out in the afternoon to repair a broken railing above the midsummer bank, I was soon warm and climbed up to the Belvedere. What a view (see the photo below) from the Skiddaw range to the north as far as Clough Head to the east at the start of the Helvellyn range. What a way to start the month of March!
The pattern of clouds and sun on the multi coloured fells have their counterpoint in the blue and white patchwork of the sky, as it races to the east. But what I hadn’t realized so clearly was that some recent thinning of trees further down the hamlet has opened up from the Belvedere a much wider view of the Skiddaw range, with Ullock Pike now clearly visible from the deck. A comparison of the two photos below shows the difference. The first was taken last November and the second today.
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