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ThorntonRunner Nov 2021 4:40pm, 4 Nov 2021 5,454 posts	0 ThorntonRunner tourist route up Skiddaw today - never had such good weather:
Dave A Nov 2021 4:42pm, 4 Nov 2021 23,168 posts	0 Dave A Nice. It’s usually blanket cloud, even on a sunny day.
Derby Tup Nov 2021 4:50pm, 4 Nov 2021 52,542 posts	0 Derby Tup I don’t think I’ve been up Skiddaw more than once or twice in clag
FenlandRunner Nov 2021 4:50pm, 4 Nov 2021 7,228 posts	0 FenlandRunner Nice one, TR. I think Siouxsie was around Keswick, Latrigg, Stone Circle today..
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Nov 2021 4:54pm, 4 Nov 2021 43,147 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ I agree with Dave - this is how I usually picture Skiddaw.
Snoot Nov 2021 4:57pm, 4 Nov 2021 3,658 posts	0 Snoot Nice pics. Frosty up here last night so nice clear view from us to Skiddaw this morning. Often can’t see it though ☁️
ThorntonRunner Nov 2021 4:58pm, 4 Nov 2021 5,455 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Whereas today
Northern Exile Nov 2021 5:00pm, 4 Nov 2021 8,135 posts	0 Northern Exile Nice.
ThorntonRunner Nov 2021 5:00pm, 4 Nov 2021 5,456 posts	0 ThorntonRunner I remember going up 30 years ago and not being able to see the dog on the end of a 15ft extendable lead
FenlandRunner Nov 2021 5:11pm, 4 Nov 2021 7,229 posts	0 FenlandRunner Maybe a decade back between Christmas and New Year we went up that path, and around (I guess) six hundred metres the cloud broke and it was a beatiful inversion with just the top peaks sticking their heads in azure blue skies.

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