I'd booked a weeks annual leave for the first week of June, and had made some reservations at a couple of lodgings in the central Lake District from where I planned to tick off quite a few of the central fells. It had been a nice few days over the weekend, and on the Sunday afternoon I drove up to Glenridding & parked up on the main car park. For my first night I was planning to camp out on Catstycam, after reading an article in Trail magazine of how amazing the views are from the top & how it is only a small summit with enough from for a tent or two. But, before I reached Catstycam, which lies just off the Helvellyn ridge, I had to first summit Birkhouse Moor. Sunday 3rd June 2018 The road out of Glenridding temptingly passes by the Travellers Rest pub, where a few people were enjoying Sunday afternoon drinks, but I plodded on & took the turning at the junction down to Gillside Camping & Caravan park which lies at the foot of Birkhouse Moor. After passing ove