The forecast was for rain to clear leaving dry and possible sunny spells and so off we set. The rain had already stopped when we left the cars. Soon we were ascending the steep ridge of Lingmell. Just as the ridge starts to level off it began to rain and by good fortune we came upon a workmen's hut. This provided a superb shelter for us to have lunch and change into waterproofs.

As we left it had stopped raining and off we set for the summit. By this time we had hit the cloud base and for the rest of the day we were engulfed in thick mist - there never was the promised sunny spells. Having reached Lingmell summit we decided we would continue on to Scafell Pike. As we reached Lingmell col it was getting worse but we found the path up to Scafell Pike. As we climbed conditions worsened. the mist was thick but it was easy to follow the cairns to the summit. The conditions at the summit were icy cold with nil visibility. On the cairn was a group of lads - one of whom was in shorts!!

For safety reasons we decided to follow the same path back to Lingmell col and then take the path through Hollow Stones, as we had done on a previous walk. Due to the heavy mist we never found that path. So we decided to descend by the same route as our ascent. Finally we reached the Wasdale - Lingmell path, and breathed a sigh of relief as it was easy to follow this in the mist and we knew we would safely make it down, though it was getting dark as we got back.

We headed for the pub were we had a good meal and several pints of excellent ale from the micro brewery at the Wasdale Inn.