Great Gable to ourselves!

Sour Milk Gill in spate

By choice I probably wouldn't have chosen Great Gable - but the plans had been made and the Weatherline forecast said the wind was expected to drop and the cloud to lift!  So using a route which should keep us sheltered from the predicted 40 to 50mph south westerlies we set off from Seathwaite Farm alongside Sour Milk Gill. The waterfalls were impressive and the path was running with water too. Into the cloud by the time we reached Gillercombe but the rain stopped and we just felt damp from the cloud.  Green Gable summit to ourselves - Great Gable too - but we met one couple ascending as we went down towards Sty Head. I spent a lot of time pointing at invisible hills, calling to an invisible Skye in the mist and admiring geological features which were accentuated by the water!!

Here is a view of Scafells from the top of Great Gable to remind me of what we missed this time!