Change of plan....

This afternoon Dan and I headed up to Glenridding for a good few hours out on the hill, followed by a bivvy in Priests hole cave. All was well as we started up Helvellyn via Mires beck then across the narrow Striding edge, but as we approached the final scramble to the summit plateau the weather came in and turned very nasty, very quickly!
We made a decision to head back down as we were pushed for time as it was, and with the visibility down to around 25-30m, we would have struggled to find the bivvy site in the light.
Dan decided to get a brew on as we were trying to avoid the rain behind the walls of the summit shelter, which to my surprise was a cappuccino. But that wasnt all, Dan pulled out a dusting of chocolate sprinkles to top it off!! brilliant!!
The weather did catch a few folk out though with us helping a group of poorly equiped lads down off the summit and a full family, kiddies and all were on the plateau and were extreamly unequiped.

We headed down Swirrals edge, and decided on going up and over Catstye Cam to compensate for the shorter day, then down past Bleacove beck which led us back down to Glenridding.

Another few miles in the legs for our Chamonix trip....