11 hours 1 minute yesterday. Saturday night a number of tents were blown down on the Sykeside campsite (Brotherswater). The campsite bins were full of wrecked tents, & Sunday morning saw two cars parked on top of collapsed tents & other sites vacated during the night. The wind was still strong in the morning & we decided to start from Keswick - I'd never have got to the end if we hadn't gone north to south. Not a cloud in the sky all day, and I wore a t-shirt all day as well, but the wind was something else. We were brought to a halt a number of times, unable even to walk into it. Crinkle Crags were difficult, & my mate had had enough after this, so he made his own way back to Cockley Beck & hitched a lift. I kept going, but the Coniston Fells were really hard. I had to keep off the ridge the whole way, contouring the slopes on the west side & nipping up to the Old Man, Dow Crag & Brown Pike to brave the gale. The ridge was pretty horrendous. A bit of wandering round over the low fells at the end, but not much time lost here as it was less windy, & visiblity was perfect. I wasn't too knackered by the end but couldn't have gone much faster in those conditions. Finishing at the Blacksmiths Arms has an obvious advantage too!