A walk to Pike o' Bisco and Cold Pike  | - Click on the image above to view gallery
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 Three Shire Stone with Pike o' Blisco behind So we gave some thought to what we’d like to be our 100th summit, and wanted it to be something significant. Back in June 1982 we spent a two week holiday in Great Langdale and sadly most of that time was spent watching the rain lashing down. On one of those damp days it didn’t seem quite so bad and we decided to have a go at reaching the summit of Pike o’Blisco. The visibility was appalling and we were never certain whether we’d reached the top, but had a strong feeling we hadn’t. So for our 100th Wainwright summit it seemed the obvious place for both of us to go and be certain. We also bought a small bottle of wine to celebrate the milestone in style. We did kind of cheat in that we parked at the top of the Wrynose Pass or as near to the top as we could get anyway. On driving there we discovered that the Three Shires Fell Race was taking place that day and it looked rather busy. So seeing a space in a nearby lay-by we quickly took it and were booting up and I was hoping my new boots were not going to cause me any problems. The footpath is very obvious from the Three Shires stone and soon we were making good height as well as trying our best to keep out of the way of the runners who were moving at a much faster pace than we were. They were wearing significantly less than us too. There was a rather fresh breeze today, which had come as a bit of a shock to us as we’d arrived from a rather warm Kent the day before, so we were well wrapped up.  Fellrunners taking part in the Three Shires Fell race.  Crinkle Crags
Soon enough we had gained enough height to see the view I was really hoping any cloud cover wasn’t going to hide today: Crinkle Crags and Bowfell, and they looked great even on a rather dull afternoon. The easy-to-follow path soon led us to the summit, which was a very busy place when we arrived, as fell runners were also arriving at Pike o’Blisco, but very soon the last of the runners had completed that part of the race and the summit was left in relative peace. As it was rather breezy we sought shelter just below the summit to enjoy our lunch and the small bottle of wine.
Lunch over we headed down towards Red Tarn and then took the path towards Crinkle Crags. We did think about heading towards Great Knott, but as the cloud level was dropping fast and it looked like the forecast rain might be arriving soon we made a direct line towards Cold Pike. Looking behind us Crinkle Crags had disappeared in the low cloud now but our route back to the Wrynose Pass was a nice obvious one. Just 10 minutes before the end of the walk the clouds caught up with us and it started to rain. It wasn’t too hard but it certainly made us focus on getting back to the car quickly. As first walks of the holiday goes this was perfect to stretch our legs and it felt just so good to be back walking the fells again.  Stock Ghyll waterfalls A great start to our holiday and the first of many walks we enjoyed during our stay.
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We did Crinkle Crags & Cold Pike from Three Shires Stone last year so your photos rekindled memories of a good walk. Looking forward to seeing what else you got up to. Angela x 