The Carrock cairn has moved again
Third time in two years. It now sits about forty metres north of where the card says, which matters in cloud. Card updated, old position left in the text so nobody thinks they are lost.
Field notes
Written up the same week.
Short entries, posted while the detail is still accurate. When a note contradicts a route card, the note is newer and the card is wrong.
Black Sail beck is crossable again
The spring melt had it impassable through May. Back to a straightforward step across on the usual line. Boots stayed dry, which is the whole test.
On downgrading Loweswater
We had this as Hard for a year on the strength of one bad day in wind. Walked it twice more in ordinary weather and it is plainly Moderate. Grades should describe the route, not the day we happened to pick.
Barometer against phone GPS
Ran both up Hall's Fell for comparison. The barometer came in 30 m under the GPS figure and was almost certainly the honest one. All ascent numbers on the cards come from the barometer.