Camping at Wasdale Head More pics

Our Tent pitch had a fantastic view of the Scafell Massif! Also Great Gable, Kirkfell and Lingmell. Yewbarrow was on the other side! (As of course it always is!)

Very impressed with the quality of this tent - the fabric is so beautiful I just wanted to stroke it!

Vango should have called it The Tardis - very spacious indeed! My husband didn't like it because he couldn't stand up in it but it didn't bother me! I always use the dog shelf anyway! Even at home...

Side view showing Adventure tarp.

I think I would use the tarp free standing with an extra pole next time as it effected the stability of the Airbeam - sometimes pushing down on the beams when we had a gust of wind.

Barney the dog loved the halogen heater! He frequently had his nose stuck to it at night!

View of the pub from the road

The Wasedale Head Inn - very impressed with this place. They made such a big fuss of our dog! the bar staff took it in turns to present him with a dog biscuit. The Cock-a-hoop ale is worth writing home about and the food delicious. We could not fault any of the meals there (We went everyday!!)

It is about a 15 minute walk from the campsite, even quicker if you use the shortcut across the stepping stones.

Camping in Wasdale 2012

Vango Airbeam Velocity 400 at Wasdale Head NT site this week.

I put a Vango adventure tarp on the front as a cover for my cadac.

It was super weather - dry, sunny intervals - really pleasant walking weather

What I've been up to...

Taking pictures of the snow


Adding a new baby to the family...

Decorating so that the cats fit into the colour scheme


Walking with Christopher at Rivington

Camping at Shell Island

Bear Lake in my garden

Camping in Langdale

I managed a week at Baysbrown Farm, Great Langdale from Easter Monday until the May day holiday. The site was empty to begin with and then very busy. My daughter and her family arrived on Wednesday to liven things up a little. Didn't get to climb any hills but manged a walk in Mickleden with Barney the sheep dog, The Times and a bottle of wine on the Saturday!
I went to Glenridding on Friday to suss out a camp site there - Gillside. It looked too sloping to me but did have a good pub very close by so still on my list of possible places to visit.
We ate at Wainwrights, Chapel Stile, three times and it is still the same; nothing special except the price! Although we did have a good light snack there on the Wednesday - goat's chesse, cranberries and garlic bread.
The cheese burger at The Britannia was also nothing to write home about.
The highlight of the trip was possible my ears popping as I drove over Kirkstone pass to Ullswater... oh and breaking another pole on the Bear Lake tent as I put it down!
I tried out my new awning - Montana 6 front awning - on my Bear Lake tent. It was amazing but... the whole setup takes too long now... Think I'll start backpacking!
My main mistake was driving off on Wednesday and leaving the space next to my tent vacant. I arrived back to find novice campers (middle class gits) camped next to me - brand new BMW 4 wheel drive, two obnoxious kids, parents with heads up their arseholes - Mother, "Jake and Charlie, Stop that!" "Jake and Charlie..."
Will post pics soon...