I’d promised myself that as soon as we got bad weather I had to go out and do some poor visibility navigation. I had threatened to force the gang out with me, but I took pity on them and decided that I would only take Pete.
“F%£k that, I’m not going out in that rain… you’re on your own”, were his words… but I persuaded him in the end.
Actually by the time we left it had already started to get a bit brighter in the village, but fortunately at the top of the Kentmere valley there was still plenty of mist and rain.
I’d already picked out the marks I wanted to find, a re-entrant here, a sheepfold there, a spur a little further on. Pete also helped with a few extra marks on the way.
At times the visibility was really bad, at others it was just bad, but I was really pleased with my progress. Despite not being able to see very far I found all the marks with a combination of taking bearings and pacing.
As the weather cleared up I decided to let Pete have a go – I chose a re-entrant in pretty rough ground, but he found it ok.
On the way down back to the car, Pete’s eagle eyes spotted an adder. Cool.
It was probably only a baby and I hope some other eagle eyes don’t spot it and make a meal out of it.
I hope Pete tried to put you off by playing the part of a stroppy child!
I tried to put her off the whole idea of going out in such appalling weather; it didn’t work! 😐
Great picture of the Adder!
What was an adder doing out in that weather? I’m used to seeing them in the sun at Sandbanks.
PS: you didn’t really test Pete, letting him navigate in sunshine 😉
The sun had come out by then and was warming the rocks. It was probably enjoying the quiet path, until we came along.
Apparently it’s a female adder, the male variety having more of a grey tinge to their skin.