For those of us with interests in photography, vulcanology and astronomy, I've found a site that ticks all of the boxes.
Just click on the following pic to be transported there (in a digital rather than a literal sense):
© Stromboli online, photo by Dr. Marco Fulle
My thanks go to Dr. Fulle for his approval of the use of this thumbnail photo on my blog.
This weekend's wildie was excellent - a right mixed bag of varying terrain and changing weather. It'll be a few days before the write-up is ready for posting, so, to tide you over, here are a few shots of the two places where I pitched. As usual, there are no prizes for correctly identifying the locations, but it should be an interesting test of how well you think you know the fells around Coniston.
Friday evening at a tarn with no name:
looking East...
and looking West.
Saturday evening in the woods:
looking South...
and another from the water's edge:
Any takers?
After several hours of frantic and fruitless searching for that one indispensable item of walking gear, I came to the conclusion that my 21st Century stealth-black Lowe Alpine Mountain Cap is destined never to be found.
All was not lost, however, as I'm a gear-hoarder of dubious repute. Off I went to the "saved for posterity" kit-bags and pulled out my original cap, still resplendent in a subtle 1980s colour-scheme:
I think even ptc* would be proud of this one!
That's where I'll be on Friday night, trying out the Argos Pro Action Hike Lite 1 Person Tent somewhere around the Coniston Fells, and following John Hee's "overnighting off the beaten track" ethos. Suffice to say that said tarn is in a place with a name that's bound to attract blog-hits from all sorts of dodgy characters 😯 .
As to where I'll be pitching on Saturday night, your guess is as good as mine. I'll just make it up as I go along, I reckon. There'll be no great mileage involved, as I'm not fully match-fit after the bad-back layup, but I'd much rather be knackered than stir-crazy.
So behave while I'm away, and don't forget to feed the cat...
to the dog.
😈
We've got these things growing in the garden. Who's clever enough to put a name to them?
As usual, there's no prize for correctly identifying them, you just get some kudos for being a smartarse 
