Only 6 was on the walk, but I was glad of that as any more
would have been hard to control when everyone was on the ice. Four of us had spikes and two did not. Credit goes to them on how they got round
the walk. In places the paths were solid rutted ice.
Pity it was foggy all day on the walk until the last 5min
when it cleared up. The walk took us up
to Darwin sunny Tower. No sun could be been seen even when we climbed the tower
stone steps to the top. It was fun as
we went up the dark ice covered steps to the top. The views would have been
good. From here we headed to Entwistle Station along the trail. Some path s were hard to find in the fog but
we got there and had a nice pint at the
Strawberry Duck pub. The men loos were
different the normal.
From here it was along a very long stretch of a ice
path. Must have been at least a mile, but it must have felt like 2 miles to Mark and Dave. Soon we reached the road where we found
better tracks where we ploughed on until just near the end where map and gps
was not matching up. Again the fog was causing us problems finding paths, but
it was sorted out we were back on track to the tower as the fog cleared. The last ½ miles was back in the dark but
everyone went home with a smile. Also feeling fit after a good workout and as I
say there is NO Gain With Out Pain if you want to get fit. 12.8 miles with not
much climbing.More Photos HERE
