Sunday February 16th
Grey Knotts, Green and Great Gables and Base Brown (with The Curmudgeons) David was staying in Seatoller with Julian, Tim, Chas (the organiser), Greg and Andrew; we were joined by Mike and Andy. Chas had the list of Wainwrights that he planned to do and made it clear that Great Gable wasn't one of them, having done it already. It was great that we could do the walk directly from the cottage where we were staying. The initial ascent wasn't too steep- a nice warm-up- and we all settled into our various paces. Greg and Andy reaching the snowline Andrew and Julian following at a sensible pace Andrew and Julian- in case you missed them! The snowline coincided more or less with the cloud base, so we didn't get much in the way of views. More snow- fewer views Vanity suggested that I took a birthday selfie. Only a few better ways of spending a birthday! Having got to the top of Grey Knotts, and Brandreth, we went on to Green Gable, where we had a discussion about whether to go on ...