Monday 13 September: Place Fell

 We wake quite late and are sad to find a bit of drizzle and quite a lot of low cloud. We consider a Plan B as it doesn’t feel worth another climb up towards Fairfield in the mist. We set off to do Place Fell, an old faithful over the years. We start along a low path and then hit the steep gradient. An hour of climbing and we reach the summit cairn where it is a bit cold and windy. We find a sheltered spot for a warming coffee before enjoying flatter terrain across the top of the fell along mainly springy turf. Down along the beck to the shores of Ullswater where we meet a few more people. Picnic with fine views. It is warmer here. It always feels a long way back to Patterdale and we have to add at least another 2 miles to get to Brotherswater via Deepdale thus making a complete circuit. Tea and chocolate digestives before showers, washing some clothes and a pre prandial beer in order to get WiFi to do this blog! No signal or WiFi anywhere else!