Helvellyn, Lake District OAC

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An OAC trip to Helvellyn. I did a walk from Sykeside, up Dovedale to Fairfield and then down to Grisedale Tarn, along Grisedale and back to Glenridding. Charles co-lead and the other group members were Rebecca and Naomi. We only looked at Helvellyn from a-far.

Date & Time: 2004:10:09 08:27:49 Exposure: 0.05 sec Shutter Speed: 1/16 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Start of Day Start of the Day, OAC coach leaving Liverpool.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 08:44:11 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm New Group Shelter Zof experiments with a new type of group shelter. Results and conclusions unsure.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 09:34:02 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.5 Focal Length: 13.438 mm Snooze Charles asleep.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 10:02:56 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Slightly dodgy... Tuesday's Scavenger hunt starts here!	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 10:07:23 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 11.312 mm ..Yeap... Nameless person with a random object. OAC members will understand.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 10:11:31 Exposure: 1/400 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 16.219 mm More Reasons.. M6, appoaching lakes (and road works). More reasons to overtake a Morrisons lorry.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:04:39 Exposure: 1/40 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Super Driver Our great Timewell's driver, hard at work.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:18:13 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Glenridding Car Park, Ullswater Everyone out now. Time for walking. Except for the Fairfield group, who get a lift a bit further on.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:26:34 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Ullswater Ullswater at Glenridding from the speeding coach. The small group is off to Sykeside
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:44:17 Exposure: 1/200 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Brothers Water Brothers Water in the foreground. Angletarn Pikes in background. Brothers Water gets its name because two sets of brothers unfortunately drowned there two centuries ago whilst playing on ice. The lake is probably a cut-off section of a lake that included Ullswater.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:46:25 Exposure: 0.05 sec Shutter Speed: 1/16 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 6.594 mm Manor house Our 16th Manor. We were all expecting black and white tudor style beams. Maybe we should ask for a refund? Having said that it's still a very nice dwelling.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:51:21 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dovedale Looking up into the hills, down Dovedale towards Dove Crag.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:52:03 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Sun light Sunlight catching the hills	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 11:57:09 Exposure: 0.02 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Dove Crag Dove Crag in the distance. Leading down infront of that is Stand Crags. Our route involves going over Stand Carg and to the right of Dove crag.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 12:11:32 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Hartsop above How Hartsop above How. Scree slopes.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 12:13:04 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Streaming Me standing in a stream. I'm sure my boots are too big. Well they look too big. Maybe I've just got big feets.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 12:32:31 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dovedale The view into Dovedale. The woods on the left stretch round more beyond the visible slope of the hills to above Brothers Water	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 12:50:56 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Dove Crag from Stangs.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 12:51:07 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dove Crag Dove Crag and the start (on the right) of Hart Crag.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 13:02:45 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Waterfall Waterfall in Dovedale. We ended up crossing it.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 13:02:58 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dove Crag Dove Crag (792m high at it's cairn). Preist's hole is somewhere below it...
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 13:04:40 Exposure: 1/400 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Hill Walking Coming down the hill in Dovedale. Rebecca, Naomi and Charles.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 13:09:38 Exposure: 1/500 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Sun shine View down Dovedale Beck with the Stangs on the right and Hartsop above How on the left. Here the sun is making a rare appearance.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 13:47:02 Exposure: 1/125 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Osama are you here? Charles and the Garden shed. Bin Laden's hide out has moved from the Langdale pikes. (See Langdale pictures).
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 14:23:25 Exposure: 0.01 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 5.406 mm View down into Dovedale. The Stangs and Stand Crags are the hills near the foreground running from the right of the photo. Dovedale beck runs from the foreground round these hills to the left and down on into Dovedale valley. Running out from the left of the photo is Hartsop above How.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 14:24:14 Exposure: 1/400 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Pause Pause for breath for Naomi and Rebecca and indeed everyone else. Hart Carg in the distance.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 14:38:24 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F5.6 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Houndshope Cove Looking across Houndshope Cove over Hartsop above How and again to Place Fell, and the dip of Boredale Hause ( right of Place Fell) and Angle Tarn (hidden but further right of Boredale Hause). The direction of the view is North East.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 14:46:25 Exposure: 1/320 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Sepia Rydal Fell My first proper attempt at using the Sepia filter on my camera. It's the Fairfield horseshoe.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:34:23 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm At the top Rebecca, Naomi and Charles. On Fairfield summit. Cold and misty.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:35:02 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm At the top Rebecca, Naomi and Me on Fairfield summit
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:44:42 Exposure: 1/640 sec Shutter Speed: 1/512 sec Aperture Value: F3.5 Focal Length: 9.406 mm Grisedale Sepia view down Grisedale.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:44:56 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Helvellyn In the distance: Striding Edge (Helvellyn) in profile. running down from Helvellyn (on left) with two bumps. The long triangle shape behind it is Catstye Cam, which has Swirral Edge as it's link to Helvellyn.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:45:45 Exposure: 1/160 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Dollywaggon Pike View of the path zig-zagging down off Dollywaggon Pike down to Grisedale Tarn.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:52:53 Exposure: 1/200 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Seat Sandal Seat Sandal (736m high) above Grisedale Tarn. From the North side of Fairfield Brow	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 15:57:43 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Grisedale Tarn Sepia shot of Grisedale Tarn. Lovely tones.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 16:14:16 Exposure: 1/500 sec Shutter Speed: 1/256 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm At the Tarn Grisedale Tarn at last. Nice colours, but probably too cold for swimming this time. After this point we really had to get moving to keep on time.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 16:14:30 Exposure: 1/250 sec Shutter Speed: 1/128 sec Aperture Value: F4 Focal Length: 11.312 mm Tarn Walkers heading along Grisedale Tarn. View beyond is Grisedale, with Grisedale Beck, which drains Grisedale Tarn and fills up Lake Ullswater.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 16:40:53 Exposure: 0.02 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Waterfalls Waterfalls coming off Dollywaggon Pike.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 16:41:07 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Ruthwaite Lodge The Ruthwaite Lodge, a climbing hut. It has a plaque saying who restored it.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:21:33 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Grisedale View up Grisedale.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:24:56 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Grant?? Old barn, much development potential. Maybe we could spend our grant on it?	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:37:40 Exposure: 1/8 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F4.5 Focal Length: 13.438 mm The Sign We're nearly back!
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:40:19 Exposure: 1/80 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Ullswater Ullswater, a bit flooded. Maybe it's trying to join up with Brother Water again?	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:45:30 Exposure: 0.01 sec Shutter Speed: 1/64 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Boats Boats man! Wonder whether they'd miss one !	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:51:28 Exposure: 0.04 sec Shutter Speed: 1/16 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Fell Bites Fell bites cafe/Restuarant: "I'll like a piece of Place Fell and a joint of Nethermost Pike please. Medium-rare with no scrambling please".
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:55:30 Exposure: 0.1 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Seriously Man! Debate time. Could anyone really survive an OAC social sober?	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:55:39 Exposure: 0.05 sec Shutter Speed: 1/16 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Chilling Our gang. Zof and friends. Nalini on the far right.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:55:48 Exposure: 1/13 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Thermos! Laura: "Well hey! I HAVE got a nice thermos flask haven't I!"
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:55:56 Exposure: 1/8 sec Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture Value: F3.2 Focal Length: 7.844 mm Tired Tired but happy OAC walker!	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 17:58:27 Exposure: 0.05 sec Shutter Speed: 1/16 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Fair is Fair And you lot ain't escaping photos! Naomi, Rebecca and Hannah on the fair side of the table. Charles is next to the nearest gentleman turned the wrong way round.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 18:06:23 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm That Helecopter Mountain rescue.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 18:19:36 Exposure: 1/30 sec Shutter Speed: 1/16 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Don 't look too long Speeding bus (within speed limits). Looking at this photo too long will probably make you feel sick.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 18:28:44 Exposure: 0.3 sec Shutter Speed: 1/2 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Nova Scotia off the Road Blurry photo. Just visible (as a blob on the right) is a red boyracer Vauxhall Nova that has dropped off the road. It was the rightway up and the roof wasn't squashed. So we guessed that the occupants hopefully were okay. The wall the Nova went through wasn't.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 18:39:02 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Demand for Payment Jasmin collecting money, OAC debtors beware.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 19:25:28 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Too tired Neil asleep on his feet. Zof being cool. Stu looks on bemused by it all.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 19:58:57 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F4.8 Focal Length: 16.219 mm Rabbit in headlights situation Laura caught by surprise in a camera's powerfull flash.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:02:16 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Tongues Nalini's Tongue rolling tricks. David Blane beware, you've been upstaged.
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:02:40 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Will he stay asleep? Will. Asleep.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:10:03 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Stu's tricks Stu contorting himself with a seat belt. You had to be there at the time.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:15:56 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Disco Dave. Asleep
Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:24:44 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Zof Zof very happy. Mainly because nobody has a picture of her asleep and she has loads of pictures of people asleep.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:26:12 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Angle of Slumber Dave asleep. Check out the angle of slumber.	Date & Time: 2004:10:09 20:30:00 Exposure: 1/60 sec Shutter Speed: 1/32 sec Aperture Value: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.406 mm Florence Nightingale Fed up with spending all her time curing the sick, like a modern day Florence Nightingale, Laura decides to squash Zoph using a seat back. Effective.
Panorama taken in Dovedale.	Panorama, view from below Dove Crag into Dovedale.