It was the height of summer - the end of June, just a few days after mid-summer & it was forecast to be a lovely warm & dry weekend. I found myself plotting a route up to Dove Crag & planned a wild camp on Red Screes, making a horseshoe circuit to get 5 more Wainwrights in the bag. At first I was planning an ascent from the Ambleside town centre, but parking was looking quite pricey for the length of time needed, so I headed just a mile or so further north to Rydal, turning off the road over the old hump-back bridge at Under Loughrigg & found a spot at the (cheaper) Pelter Bridge National Trust car park. It had just gone half one by the time I headed away from my car. From the car park I followed the unpaved track for a short distance & picked up a footpath down through woods & to a footbridge crossing the River Rothay. The bridge came out the other side at the Glen Rothay Hotel - famed for its 'Badger Bar' (& the badgers who live the the hotel g