Buttermere 19/11/11

On the weekend of 19/20 November, Clive, Colin, Bev, Chris and Nick were staying at Birkness the FRCC hut in Buttermere carrying out general maintenance duties.
The weather was fine with the occassional sunny spells.

With limited recreational time on the Saturday, Clive, Chris and me decided to have a short walk down Honister Pass to see where the previous weekend we had gone wrong on our mountain biking circuit. Yes we did find the track off to the left, yes it did have a sign! Nothing more to be said on that matter other than we were told that a lot of people miss the turn off!

On the Sunday Clive, Colin and Bev had a pleasent walk around Buttermere Lake.
While Chris and myself made a trip to Shepherds to climb Little Chamonix.

The weather was perfect, a party was already on the route but well in front.

Chris lead off with the lower section a little damp and greasy but not causing any problems, after this the rock was perfectly dry.

I had the plumb top pitch bathed in sunshine-What a great gem this is.

To finish a great weekend we all had a trip to the Flock-in Tearoom complete with lamb stew and pasties Yum!