Red Screes

Distance: 8.3 miles
Ascent:
Weather: very windy
Buzzards, hardy Herdys, possible kestrel

After a false start, to collect spikes and a rucksack cover, we actually missed the one rain shower of the day.

We headed up Scandale again,  this time not stopping at High Sweden Bridge but continuing beyond Scandale Bottom and up Scandale Pass.

Turning up to Broad Crag, we stopped for lunch by the wall which provided a bit of shelter before heading up to Red Screes.

From the windswept top plateau we came south along the ridge, thankfully wide and grassy, so although we were blown about a bit it wasn't too hard going.

We disturbed some sheep who'd been sheltering behind the dry stone walls further down the ridge, although others seemed quite happy out in it.

We came through the edge of a grassy field and out on to Kirkstone Pass and followed this back into Ambleside.