The Lake District | A Swindale Round with
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Hi Everyone
Welcome back to another video in the Lake District.
An adventure with a difference this time. A nice circular walk in the Swindale area, but this time it was split up with a wild camp on Grey Crag.
I was again joined by my good mate Mossy of @Walkingwildcampinguk fame, so please go and check out his channel for loads of cool video's and I'm sure there will be one of this walk.
We parked the car at a small car park on Swindale Lane, just before the green and white Cumbria City Council sign saying no parking after this point. Grid Reference is NY 521 142.
The route takes us up on the lane for just under a couple of miles before we head off up the hill on to the Old Corpse Road heading for the Wainwrights of Selside and Branstree.
Leaving Branstree we head down to the col between Mosedale and Longsleddale. Here we continue up the hill to the 3rd Wainwright of Tarn Crag, with its significant feature of it's summit the old survey pillar from the construction of the Haweswater Aqueduct.
Leaving Tarn Crag we cross the very boggy Greycrag Tarn before arriving at our final peak of the day of Grey Crag itself. Here we got the packs off our bags and set up our tents for the evening for a lovely summit wild camp.
If you are interested in doing this route then below is a link to the route in OS maps
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Enjoy the video and stay tuned for part two shortly.
All the best and happy hiking
Dave
Some beautiful views there Dave and a perfect spot for a wildcamp. Thanks for sharing.
Morning Chris. It was a belter mate. It took us a while to a decent pitch, but was well worth it when we did.
Enjoy your week mate.
All the very best
Dave. 😃⛰🥾🏕️
Really cool to watch. Great camp spot. Well done you two.
@@tubbatravels Thanks Niall. It’s a boggy old area, to be honest we got lucky, it was the ONLY camp spot. We were starting to panic! 🤣🤣
Nice film that mate, great views!!! Keep em coming
Hi Stu. Thank you mate. Unfortunately the weather coming up in part two isn’t quite as good. But it was a cracking camp spot.
All the best mate.
What a fantastic nature vlog you've shared with us! I look forward to your next content! Stay safe and happy~
Hi there, thank you ever so much for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
All the best, Dave
More superb views mate shame about weather another night out in field no hotels around mate 👍☔️
You must have missed the hotel mate, it was compact and homely and green in colour! haha
had to check my eyes there, alomost seen the sun. Lovely footage and route description there. Hopefully you both got nice views on that cracking site for the tents. ATB Kenny
Haha, yeah Kenny, it made an appearance for a split second. 🤣
It was a cracking camp with some could views in the evening. We woke up in the mist which you’ll see in the second part.
Thanks for taking time to watch and comment as always.
Take mate and have a lovely weekend. 😃⛰🥾🏕️🏴🏴
Nice route you did! Great spot for a wild camp there😀
I hope you have a good week😁
Hi Age. Thank you mate, thanks for watching and you kind comments as always. I’m just watching your latest now. 😃🥾⛰🏴🇨🇦
Hi Dave,
Another goodun, and another wild Camp, nice one 🏕. We haven't been back to the Kentmere area since doing the Kentmere horse shoe a few years back, but we remember how quiet and scenic it is now, must get back there. Shame about the weather on your trip, hope it gets better for you for part 2🤞
Cheers
Shell and Pete😊👊👍
Hi Guys, unfortunately, the weather didn't improve for the next morning, in fact it was worse. It was great fun though. If you do venture in to the area make sure you take boots and gaitors, no matter what time of year....it's a bog fest. Haha
Thanks for watching and your support guys, it means a lot
Cheers
Dave
Yess dave and mossy back at it agsin few wainwright's belting away also looks peacful here where the tents are pitched pal good stuff as always hoped yous enjoyed it mate and sure to watch mossys vlog of the camp when its out marra good times i see it looked cloudy again thought hahaha 😂 this weather just loves you to bits nice one dave good description there of parking and the other stuff
Yes mate, was good to get out again with Mossy and stick the tents up miles from anywhere. Haha.
It was a good spot in the end but we did well as there isn’t many places on this route. It’s pretty much a bog fest from the moment you get off the lane until you are back on it. 🤣
C’mon mate it’s summer, you’re not expecting sunshine are you. 🤣
All the best Marra.
Great Stuff Mate 👏
Hi Sonny, thanks mate, I'm glad you enjoyed it. All the best pal.
@@DAoutdoors And to you pal 👍
Hello Dave. I caught this one early😁 Nice one mate.
Some great views, the cows were checking you out.
Grey crag camping spot looked great. Nice views from your tent pal👍
Hi Jamie. Yeah cows on my walks seem to be a thing lately. Thankfully they don’t bother me. 🤣
It was a cracking evening, although pretty cold (it was June after all)
You’ll see when I release the second part we weren’t quite so lucky with the weather on the Saturday morning.
As always mate, thank you for taking time to watch and commenting.
Have a great week mate. All the very best, Dave 😃🥾⛰🏕️🏴🏴
@@DAoutdoors
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Nice one Dave. Not been over there for a while. Looks like a great place for a wild camp 🏕️. All the best out there mate 🥾😁⛰️
Hi Tony, where we got pitched was brilliant, but good spots in that area are very few and far between, it's a bog fest mate. I think we had the only non boggy patch of grass for miles! Haha
As always thanks for taking time to watch mate.
Well done Dave, very remote and naturally wild part of the Lake District. I haven't been up there, looked soft in places but not too tough. Hope you got a dry and calm night!! Regards, ashley
Hi Ashley, it's very soft up there mate, very soft. I messed up really, I should have put my boots and gaiters on. I just wore my walking shoes and they got soaked. Fortunately I had the waterproof socks on so at least my actual feet stayed dry. It's a lovely area though. If you have never walked up Longsleddale or Swindale vallies I can really recommend you give them a go. It's beautiful
The night was pretty calm although it started raining around 5.30.
All the best to you both
Dave
Waterproof socks is a new one on me, where do you get those? I have gaiters but I hate wearing them - sometimes It takes Andrea to keep me right. One day we will definitely take your recommendation as we love valley walks too. I'm sure you both had a blast at the camp!! Regards, Ashley
@@ashleyjarnold Hi Ashley, there are quite a few different makes. Mine are Sealskinz. They are not cheap, about £30 a pair but they are worth their weight in gold in wet damp boggy conditions. Valley walks are my favourite, especially at the end of a walk, when you have done all the hard work and you know you have a nice easy couple of miles back to the car through the base of a valley. 😀
@@DAoutdoors I'll check those out Dave, thanks, because would be very useful on a wet day or in boggy conditions! Knowing me, I'd forget to wear them though!!
Hi Dave, great video as always some fantastic views and a cracking looking route, looked a tad breezy up top….summit camp definitely on my to do list this year….really tough day on Sunday, struggled throughout for whatever reason and feeling it yet…camping at the weekend with a few walks planned if the legs are up to it. Take care mate,
Steven 😊⛺️🥾⛰️🏴🏴
Hi mate. It wasn’t too windy, got a really good nights sleep to be honest. We weren’t too high, just over 600m. We had to summit camp as the rest of the route was a total bog fest. That area of the lakes is known for it. It wasn’t too nice for our walk back out which you’ll see in the next part, it was a bit claggy and started raining about 5.30ish.
Were you a bit under the weather pal, is that why you were not feeling it?
We are way this weekend then back in Wales for our holiday the weekend after so hoping to get a few early morning walks in the hills in. Enjoy the rest of the week mate
All the best
Dave 😀⛰🥾🏕️🏴🏴
Dunno tbh, combination of things maybe, the 5 mile walk in on tarmac and landy track probably didn’t help, my arthritis has probably been the worst ever this week but at least starting to settle down again, I’ve been trying to lose weight so maybe not eating enough of the right things, who knows 🤷♂️ hoping to get away ⛺️ for a few days this weekend with 3 maybe 4 walks planned so will have a better idea after that….maybe I’m just getting old mate 🙈😂😂 Enjoy your weekend away, hope you going somewhere nice and weather gods smile on you,
Take care mate 😊🏴🏴
@@outofayrshire143 Hi mate, 5 miles on tarmac in hiking boots ain't good, just kills the old plates of meat. Enjoy your weekend mate, hopefully the weather is kind to us both. We are away for the Saturday and Saturday night meeting up with friends at Rockcliffe Hall near Darlington. Have a good one mate