Our intended route was to follow the obviously very popular route along Lingmell Gill and Brown Tongue up to the highest summit in England, Scafell Pike.
The lower section of the route was very scenic as it followed the small ravine of Lingnell Gill which then broke out into a more open area. We saw several characters making their way up the path including one man with a small speaker playing music from the 80's hanging from his rucksack and “Super Dad”, who kept steaming off into the distance leaving behind his family until he was forced to stop and wait for them to eventually catch up.
We had a brief pause at some boulders to cool down and then a longer snack break at the col between Lingmell Crag and Scafell Pike and admired the view across to Great Gable, where we managed to spot the well known feature of Napes Needle.
We continued up the continuing path until we arrived on the bouldery summit of Scafell Pike to join the throng of walkers who had already arrived. It was a lovely clear day and of course there were amazing views in every direction.
After a brief pause we continued back down the way we came passing “Super Dad's” family who were this time waiting for him as he had decided to descend via the Mickledore route.
We retraced our earlier route until we arrived back at the car park.
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