Thursday 29th September
Today I went back and climbed
Nethermost Pike from
Wythburne car park at
Thirlmere, after omitting to climb it with Grisedale Horseshoe (see recent post).
The parking ticket machine was "not in use" saving me £4.50.
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7km (4.3m) - 742m (2434ft) of ascent |
I just bought a
Canon SX20 on Ebay - this is a
bridge camera (in between compact digital and SLR). I took pictures on
Auto setting, then again on
Landscape setting. There was no doubt about improved results on
Landsacape in sharpness and colour. I laso tried the
20 x zoom giving good results even though hand held. This camera would be cumbersome on backpacking trips, but I may be tempted.
Here are some results - it was hazy and not ideal:
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Thirlmere |
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Thirlmere |
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Striding Edge with Catstye Cam behind, Helvellyn far left |
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Zoom to Striding Edge |
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20 x zoom from previous pic. (hand held) |
Number of people met on the descent: 20 (not counting a party of 12 refurbishing the footpath).
For readers unfamiliar with UK geography:
Helvellyn is one of the trio of Lake District peaks over 3000ft, and therefore one of the most popular ascents, and Striding Edge leads to its summit involving some mild scrambling and airy situations - the scene of many accidents.
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