Gillercombe Buttress Winter – Not Quite!

Gillercombe Buttress Winter – Not Quite!

Went up to Gillercombe today to have a look at its eponymous buttress.   The 3-legged dog boy had given up walking duties for the day to tutor me in the art of scratching about.  As we walked up past a barely frozen white bordered Sour Milk Ghyll, Gillercombe looked “bloomin wonderful” but rather bare on the buttresses of “The Buttress”.  It was a stunning day but clearly the long eyeballed buttress climb wasn’t going to be on: at least not as a proper winter jaunt. Though we were somewhat disappointed, it’s always possible to find something to do.  Sure enough the chimneys and grooves of Grey Knotts Face; or a version of it, saved the day again. Avoiding the letterbox section we took a line to the right up wintriest looking...