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Valyrian Plastic Jun 2019 1:08pm, 6 Jun 2019 7,913 posts	0 Valyrian Plastic No jets so far today, um. Apart from a few bleating baa-lambs and some harsh winds higher up, I heard nothing but the contents of my Spotify playlist.
FenlandRunner Jun 2019 1:12pm, 6 Jun 2019 1,944 posts	0 FenlandRunner Love Loughrigg. Out via Coffin route from Ambleside and back that way. Great photos VP.
Derby Tup Jun 2019 1:46pm, 6 Jun 2019 31,905 posts	0 Derby Tup Fab photos
Rosehip Jun 2019 1:49pm, 6 Jun 2019 12,701 posts	0 Rosehip Lovely photos VP
Badger Jun 2019 2:17pm, 6 Jun 2019 10,872 posts	0 Badger ^what they all said. Loughrigg is great.
swittle Jun 2019 2:39pm, 6 Jun 2019 55,102 posts	0 swittle I'll take Lakes views over Rockies, Alps etc. any day, fine or not. Much appreciated pictures, VP,
flanker Jun 2019 12:35am, 7 Jun 2019 18,321 posts	0 flanker Nice pics. The biggest headache with Loughrigg is working out which of the many bumps is the actual summit
FenlandRunner Jun 2019 7:00am, 7 Jun 2019 1,950 posts	0 FenlandRunner Go with the trig point. Ordnance survey guys/gals choose the highest point, don't they?
Derby Tup Jun 2019 7:07am, 7 Jun 2019 31,933 posts	0 Derby Tup By all means bag the trig but then go find the best views (assuming you’re not BGing, in which case get moving on)
Northern Exile Jun 2019 10:47am, 7 Jun 2019 5,132 posts	0 Northern Exile Sorry, I don't think I agree with the trig point thing - if you consult the DoBH, you'll find that quite often the highest surveyed point of a given hill is not in fact the trig point. Take Helvellyn as an example - the cairn at the end of the summit plateau (ie. the end of Striding Edge) is the summit. I can think of loads more examples, only last week I was on Ben More and the trig point is some distance away from the summit cairn. This gets even more difficult with Wainwright-bagging, as very often the WW summit and actual summit are wildly disparate.

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