Quote Originally Posted by Will.Race View Post
Great day out getting lost in Ennerdale yesterday. Manhar and myself went wrong from the off and ended up hopping over walls and scrambling up on hands and knees before we found the correct path to the top of Great Borne. Looking at the map I think we took the wrong direction on the road, we went right instead of left and missed the path. Soon as we got onto the fells thick mist descended and it was difficult to plot a way through the rocks from Red Pike across to Blackbeck Tarn. We ended up taking a high route over High Stile and High Crag and at one point the fog was so thick we started descending towards Buttermere, luckily it cleared briefly and we turned back.
By Haystacks we were well behind schedule so we decided to go as far as Green gable and drop down into the valley

Agee with the others on the thread, Red Pike to Blakcbeck tarn needs a pre race recce. With the strict cut offs it'd be easy for your race to be finished very early on.

Despite not doing the whole recce it was a good day out. Think we did 21 miles and I'd estaimate 4500 ft climbing.

Nice to meet you Manhar and thanks for the driving, despite the puncture !
Not another flat tyre Manhar!!

Will, at the start you do turn right at the road and as it heads up the side of Ennerdale Water you turn left just before the road gets to the wooded area. You then follow the wall / beck NE for 50 metres or so then the wall heads north and the trod starts of more or less north North east from here rising and countouring aroundthe rough stuff to approach the summit for the west.
You can see the trod bearing NNE from the wall on Google Earth.

Glad you had a good day guys and wish I'd been able to join you.