This was a tough walk!!! me and Gary set off on a long drive up to Derwent Water near Keswick to walk one of the lakes most popular fells 'Catbells'.
It aint all that high at 470 metres (1450 feet) high but it seems much higher! We got a boat accross the lake which was a cool way to start and then started ascending the fell.
And ascend we did! i was knackered after about 10 mins! as not only do you climb immediately but also its bloody relentless! not a bad of level ground! all steep climb! like climbing stairs for 10 mins!
The winding path eventually leads you to the plateau of the fell but that is only half the job. Next you have another 2 smaller 'tops' of the hill which require careful walking and scrambling. Not easy when its wet,misty and slippery. And then you see the daunting final peak! me and Gary looked at each other as if to say 'is that possible?' it looked almost vertical! these little ants were climbing up it so I tried to be braver than I was and tiredly pressed on..
By the time you are at the top you have only walked about a mile and a half and only walking for less than an hour but in that time you have climbed over a thousand feet from the lake.
The hill is bloody crowded too! too many people around, and Gary was like a kid in a sweet shop climbing and scrambling to the top.
After that it was a steep descent down and an easy walk back through the woods to the boat. probably little more than 5 miles in total walked but my feet hurt and I was pretty knackered!
The pictures tell you all you need to know!
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