Ennerdale to Wasdale (23.05.2009)

There's not a lot to say about the weather on this day except that it started off in heavy rain with an unpleasant hike up rain-soaked grass to Steeple, where I got a bit lost so I have no idea how I got to Pillar. Somehow I had some luck in passing some other hikers who pointed me in the direction of Pillar so I followed their vague directions and found myself reassuringly up on its summit in yet more rain and with absolutely no views to speak of whatsoever. Nevertheless I carried on in the direction of the descent I thought I should be taking. Turns out it took me down the wrong side of the fell and back on to the Ennerdale side of Pillar, but at least when I got to this point it had stopped raining, the cloud had lifted and I could actually figure out where I was and where I needed to get to. Despite feeling a bit disorientated after getting completely off-route, I somehow found my way back up to Black Sail pass and happily descended down on a nice clear path into Wasdale. By this time the sun had come out and cheered me up a bit. Unfortunately I wasn't so cheered up after taking off my waterproofs and tucking them onto the top of my rucksack - but then discovering the waterproof trousers had been stolen by the wind somewhere along the long walk down the road to the Wastwater youth hostel. Well, I guess it had felt like a bit of an epic day by the time I got there.