BAILING OUT OF A STORM IN THE LAKE DISTRICT
Channel: Andy Wardle
Date: 13/12/2021

#STORM #WILDCAMPING #LAKEDISTRICT #WIND #RAIN
andyward1000@yahoo.co.uk
I PLANNED TO GO UP DALEHEAD FOR A WILDCAMP KNOWING IT WOULD BE WINDY. NOT AS WINDY AS IT WAS THOUGH,A SMALL STORM CAME IN FROM THE WEST.  CONSTANT 50MPH + WIND AT THE TOP AND HORIZONTAL RAIN WAS AWFUL. I FELT UNSAFE AT THE TOP AND THE TENT I TOOK (STAIKA) WAS TOO BIG FOR ME TO PUT UP ON MY OWN, IF IT HAD GONE UP IT WOULD'VE PUT UP WITH THE CONDITIONS EASILY, NOT AN ISSUE, THE ISSUE WAS ERECTING IT IN THE CONSTANT WIND. I WAS WORRIED I WOULD LOSE MY GRIP ON IT AND IT WOULD FLY TO BELGIUM.. SO I TOOK THE DECISION TO BAIL, IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET DOWN AS IT GOT DARK. LUCKILY I KNOW THIS FELL WELL SO GOT DOWN OK.. I WAS GUTTED BUT I PERSONALLY THINK I MADE THE RIGHT CALL. IF I HAD BEEN IN MY SOULO I WOULD HAVE STAYED AS ITS EASIER TO HANDLE.. LESSON LEARNED.. LOSING MY NERVE OR SENSIBLE?   YOU CAN DECIDE.. I KNOW THE ANSWER..