Wast Water, Lake District

A return visit to Wast Water in the South West of the Lake District. A sunny but hazy day for one of the finest views in England.

The lake is almost three miles long and more than one-third mile wide. It is a glacial lake, formed in a glacially "over-deepened" valley. It is the deepest lake in England at 258 feet.

The head of the Wasdale Valley is surrounded by some of the highest mountains in England, including Scafell Pike, Great Gable and Lingmell. The steep slopes on the southeastern side of the lake, leading up to the summits of Whin Rigg and Illgill Head, are known as the "Wastwater Screes".

Walk to the CIC Hut, Ben Nevis

The Charles Inglis Clark (CIC) Hut is a mountain hut on the north face of Ben Nevis, owned by the Scottish Mountaineering Club, providing accommodation and a base for mountaineers accessing challenging climbing routes.

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William.

The summit is 1,345 metres (4,413 ft) above sea level. My walk took me to a max height of 620 Metres, so not quite half way up the mountain. Rather than continue on the path into the clouds covering the summit, I took an alternative route which took me below the north face, a massive, towering rock face, over 600 metres high.