Latrigg loop from Keswick — Lake District National Park

Route is ok, but it does send you onto routes that are not there. Also, the route includes a high style with no gate, so you have to lift your dog over it. The style is not very secure and nearly caused an injury to our dog. Then again, the route sent us off track down a slippy slope that connected to an established footpath. The walk and views were great. Just the guidance was very poor from the Komot App.

I had completely forget that I signed up got a girls trio to the Lake District. The time had arrived tho and I had to be ready. I won’t lie, I wasn’t entirely following along of the plans for the weekend or the hikes so had no clue on the plan at all. The day came and there appeared to be no exact plan. Which was unusual for me as I like to know what I’m doing at all times ha! Some might say a little bit of a control freak 😅 But it was fine. I woke up, realised I had time before breakfast and went for a run. How great was that! Really enjoyed it. Then upon my return at breakfast we were discussing the plan. The wishes were quite split. Nobody wanted to a big hike, besides me, but I was fine with that! It’s nice to take things easy once in a while. After the discussion, some of us decided to head up Latrigg as it was only short and easy, leaving the evening free for us and plenty of energy for a sunrise hike in the morning, which there were two of us that waved to do. At the YHA in Keswick there’s a board with leaders who have an up Latrigg the fastest. I think the fastest time up was 13.09 minutes! So you can understand that it isn’t the steepest or toughest walk. Don’t get me wrong the time Nathan L(from the board) had run it is mighty impressive. I had an itch to see if I could run this too but I didn’t end up having enough time for it. Next time!! Ok ok, Back yo the route. It leads you just outside of Keswick towards Skidaw (which I’m yet to come back to) I took the girls up a little bit steeper route 😅 cause that’s just how I tend to do it! It was a bit shorter but steeper, and quite muddy. We weren’t lucky enough to climb it without slipping in the mud. But it’s all part of the fun. As this was a very chill walk for me in comparison to others I’ve done I flew my drone for practice. (Can’t wait to play with the footage, I think I got something decent) At the top it did get quite windy but that didn’t stop us! Quite disappointing that there was no trig point at the top. If you weren’t following the map you wouldn’t even know where the trig is got this wainwright! The views at the top are really nice! Maybe it’s just the lakes in general. Can’t beat them! But never mind, we had a person with us who had done it before and I had Komoot open for it too! Quick picture at the summit and back down we went there normal route. Didn’t want to rush slipping down on our bottoms! As it was a nice and dry day, but still a bit cold I wore my Montane fireball jacket which is my mid layer on rainy days and main layer for dry ones. The jacket is truly a part of my everyday wardrobe now. It’s so warm and comfortable: https://www.sportsshoes.com/product/mon2467/montane-fireball-women%27s-jacket-~-ss22/#sku-mon2467 The same goes for my Montane walking trousers, wear them an the time: https://www.sportsshoes.com/product/mon914/montane-ineo-pro-women%27s-pants-%28regular-leg%29/#sku-mon914