We set off for Skiddaw!!The sky was clear and the snow topped mountains looked absolutely beautiful. We parked the car up in the car park on the main Keswick route up the mountain.
We found it pretty tough going as it was our first "proper" mountain. The further we got up the mountain, the deeper the snow got and we started to lose the path in places. At the bottom there seemed to be so many people setting off towards the top. However, the higher and higher we climbed the less people there seemed to be.
We reached one cairn, however, by this point the cloud had come down and it was hard to make out exactly were we where, as the path had gone completely now. Luckily a couple up ahead of us were still going so we didn't feel completely stupid by carrying on.
We reached a second cairn and stopped to check the map with the people in front of us. They also couldn't quite work out our location and they had made the decision to turn back. In view of this, we also thought it would be wise to turn around and go back.
The journey back down was just as eventful as Niki's mums dog pretty much pulled us all the way down, which was tricky to say there was so much snow and ice. Anyway we made it down eventually!
Having consulted the map at the bottom the cairns represented Skiddaw lesser man and Skiddaw little man. We didn't quite make it to the big man!
However, our friends read in the local Keswick paper the following day that people had been rescued from Skiddaw on the day of our walk.................Right decsion made!!
