A day in HELL (helvellyn)

Apparently most people do this walk the opposite way round,

 I walked up from Glenridding car park and climbed Swirral edge

then walked across the top and climbed down striding edge

This was all good fun but now I need to go 

back again and do it the opposite way round.

 

 6.15AM get in car and start driving from Witney

10.25AM park at Glenridding 

10.30AM start walking

2.30PM get back in car and drive to Keswick

 

3PM-6PM walk around Keswick, read book, buy more books, eat food , eat ice cream. 

6PM Get back in car and drive back home to Witney

10PM get home. 

That's how to drive 538 miles and do 23,000 steps in a day. 

So that is proof that this walk can be done without any gear from mountain whorehouse!!!

A pair of battered Nike air max not even done up properly is sensible after all.

 I've seen people often ask in forums how long this climb takes and answers are unclear as to whether it is just climb or descent as well etc

So to be clear, 4 hours was from car park, full walk and climb and walk back to car, so I never needed the full £8 parking and gave my ticket to someone else when I left. 

I am a fast walker and believe if I was trying to set a personal record I could get it down to at least 3.5 hours but I lost a bit of time doing yoga on the top and chatting to people etc