Mosedale 10-11 May 2024

This was the first time we went to the Lake District since early March. The weather forecast for the weekend was good, so we set off on Friday after work. We left the car at Honister Pass and spent the night near a tarn about an hour's walk from the car park. Thanks to a gentle breeze, there were no midges. Apart from a thin crescent moon, there were some strange stripy clouds and we even joked that they resembled the northern lights.

The red and blue lines show our track on the first and second days. Shift-click on the track link will open it in nakarte.me.

It really was the northern lights!

It was not as bright as in Sweden. In the photos, the colours are much brighter than what you can see with the naked eye. There were greyish streaks in the sky with shades of pink......

... and green.

Right above us there was a black hole in the sky from where the rays were pouring down.

And all this was constantly changing.

We took out our camera and started taking pictures. Unfortunately, we didn't have a tripod with us.

We watched the natural display until late at night. We had no mobile phone connection, and we spotted the northern lights by ourselves (without social media).

In the morning we quickly packed up and set off on our hike. It was not too hot in the morning and there was a gentle breeze.

We descended to Ennerdale, climbed up to Pillar, and continued to Red Pike (in the centre of this photo). We descended down into the valley along a steep scree that comes straight down from the pass.

It was a bit hazy, but that's often the case in warm weather.

We're heading towards Wind Gap. The Ennerdale Water can be seen in the distance.

We climbed back up Black Sail Pass and ascended Kirk Fell.

Great Gable with Green Gable behind it. We climbed both.

A quirky field pattern near Wast Water.

This was a great trip to Lakes. We covered about 20 km in a day and climbed 1850 m, but came back to the car in good shape.