Written by Carolyn
Here is a picture of Ben and I shivering at the top of Sca Fell Pike – the highest point in England - on Saturday. It was a long hard slog, which involved leaving Coventry at 5.15am, arriving at the foot of Sca Fell, at Wasdale Head, at 9.15am, up to the top for 1pm and back to the car for 3.15pm, and home again for 7.30pm. The weather was beautiful until we got to the top, cloud from nowhere and it was FREEZING! Fortunately the cloud lifted fairly quickly and we were able to enjoy the views again.
After eight hours driving and six hours climbing I was shattered!!! Ben would have done the climb faster except he had to go at the pace of his poor old very unfit mum!
However we both got a real buzz out of achieving it, and more importantly, once all our sponsor money is in we will have raised all we need for our trip, and a bit extra too.
DENWAR1
well done ben and carol, wish i had been with you, love climbs even though i have a sort of problem when on climbs and high walks, but dont let it get me down.