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Along the Corridor - Scafell Pike

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  I was down to my last three Wainwright's. Before I could finish them all, I had to tackle the highest point in England - Scafell Pike. Not doing things by halves, I had decided to do an extended walk from Wasdale & up the valley to join the Corridor Route to the top. The evening before, I drove up to Wasdale, and had a quick pint of 'Errmmm' at the Screes Inn - just over the road from the Strands (and owned by the same owners - so they serve the same home-brewed beers). After the quick refreshment stop, I headed a couple of miles to Greendale, a small hamlet lying below the fells of Buckbarrow and Middle Fell, and it was the latter I would be climbing this afternoon & pitching up camp overlooking Wastwater, and the mighty Scafells. It was a pleasant, if warm, hike up the fell, and it took just a few minutes over an hour to hike the 1¼ mile & 1,641 foot of ascent to the top (with my full camping backpack). The top of middle fell was layered into rocky terraces