This was one of our first weekend walks of 2012, the weather forecast was set fair and we had booked ourselves into a two person room at Borrowdale Youth Hostel.
The Saturday walk was Barf, Broom Fell, Greystones and Lord Seat from the Whinlatter Pass visitor centre near to Braithwaite it was about 11m with just less than 3000’ of ascent and took about 6 hours.
The downside to the visitor centre is the exorbitant parking charges now finding it way in to the national parks with costs similar to that of a major urban city. In recent past you were able to go down the road for a few hundred feet and park for free, they have now blocked that off, and there spots but you will need to find them.
In hindsight I would do this walk in reverse as you get an easy descent back to the starting point, we missed Whinlatter out due to a late start.
We stayed the night at Borrowdale youth hostel, my wife likes the hostel idea as you get to meet likeminded people and generally the food is plentiful and wholesome however the downside in my opinion is usually the size of the room, the compactness of the bed, the shared showers and the cost. On average I’d say it costs around £100 a night to stay, for £130 you can get a bed and breakfast with far better facilities.
Our Sunday walk was over Great Crag and Brund Fell a lovely six miler with superb views, the morning was cold with a slight breeze. The paths were frozen with a veneer of ice making walking treacherous.
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