 I plotted a challenging three day route in the Lake District to help me reconnect with nature and to push my body over some of the highest mountains in the UK. The weather was unforgiving at times but it did little to dampen my spirits as I soaked in the glorious scenery and let Mother Nature do as she's always done. Join me as I take on some of the highest peaks the UK has to offer, all the while making time to appreciate the natural beauty and remote wilderness of the English Lake District. Hello, welcome to another video. Hopefully I've told you what I'm doing in this one in the intro because only future me really knows what happened on this hike. Currently I haven't really got a clue. I've just pretty much made my own route on the OS maps which I'll leave a link to below. You can check out my exact route. We're doing the Lakeland Three Passes. I found that the Lakeland Three Passes but it was only like 30 miles, maybe two or three days. So I've added a bit on it and created an eight, like a figure eight. You can park in the middle of this figure eight, do your first loop, grab whatever you need to resupply or drop stuff off at your vehicle as you're just passing it and you're up around doing another loop back to your vehicle. The figure eight route is the new circular route. We're getting to, ah, me knee, we're getting to gates. Oh, absolute shite. I might have to put you down to sort this shit out. Yeah. What's happening? Can't get it in. All right, all right, don't go in. Terrible, sorry. There's a lot of elevation on this hike so it's demanding on the legs. There's lots of up and downs and we're going to take in Scarfell Pike and it's forecast rain, thunder and lightning and all, good clobber. I've only got this window to do this while I'm up north so rain all you want. I don't have a raincoat either because I just chucked everything in van and I was like, I'm off. We'll be reaped and we stay on this until we get up on the tops and then instead of going down, grass me a common, I believe it's called, we're going to go right and explore some new stuff and I'm looking forward to it. I feel like it's been non-stop and I can't wait to get a day or two into this hike just to relax and just get into it. I'm really looking forward to this one. So we're headed, top of that thing. This is a cheeky little climb up here. Pretty steep. That's where we're going. Top of there. It's a beast. It's a beast. The lie is that last time, because last time it was frozen, not only was it a beast, it was an icy beast during a proper cold spell. So this ain't too bad. I'm after a bit of an exercise like a summit that'll test me. I mean, I've already got my hiking poles out. I didn't use them once on the Dales Way or whatever it was called. I don't want to be broken, but I want to be on the verge. You know, where I've got to dig deep and then one's way you think you might not make it. That's the best way to find out about your cell as well. What minerals you've got in Tang. Not in a toxic masquerade anyway. Just in a me versus me. Let's have a look what's let's have a look what's under the hood. Kind of a fair. And it's best way to not only find out about you know, your mental fortitude and your physical prowess. It's good for your kit as well. Putting in long miles over arduous terrain. Here's the best way to test your kit. It'll soon have you bringing out a lighter kit as well. Oh she's beautiful. Let's get to the top. Yes, there we are. That's where I bedded for the night. That's where I'd probably want to call this night's ever. And off we go. This is where I said or I can't remember what I said. Something about I've done well not to stand in bog or something like that. As just as I was saying it. Futsank rigadé. And all this would be usually soaking wet. But I'm able to just Oh shit. Oh my god right on cue. Thankfully guys it's completely frozen over. So I'm able to just walk. I'm able to just glide across the top of the ice like like some sort of figure skater without plummeting into the freezing cold peaty nonsense. A bit of a bit of joyous. I like made me laugh though. I got it. I got myself the old. Got me that. Riding funny bone. Oh it's not funny though because it's cold on foot and it's so early doors when you set off. We have to revisit that from time to time don't we. It's a classic. It's a classic. It's nippy. Feel I'm woefully underprepared in clothes department but Neemind. Look at this mate. They finished it. They hadn't quite finished it before. Last time I was up here it's all done and dusted. Which is amazing because this is kind of becoming a popular section now because of the coast to coast and stuff. It was never as popular before but as my mate Sid was saying it's just getting more and more popular. So putting this in is an amazing thing for you know for hikers and stuff so you're not going to get bogfoot and it's all made it made it. You'll be all right kid and it's also good for the land because here because it was so boggy and sparse there was no real path so everyone just sort of makes their own up and you get a lot of footfall smashing or grounding so having a clear path through it's better for everybody. Look at this man. This is fantastic stuff. If I bring you nothing else on this hike please appreciate the sheer effort it is taking to make this path because these aren't wobbling and each one must be oh my god some of these must be like half a tonne. I don't know the absolute units man they're about about six or seven inch thick some of them just units. Excellent work and it's much appreciated. Remember this little bog pit as well there's a few people on it look it's that d of e d of e. Little young fraggles giving it some. I'm kicking myself kicking myself got wrong way so early does. It's annoying because I've done this valley and I plan to go over that way up top of there and along there man and I've cacked it and I'm not going all the way back up there to to then do that so I'm going to just try and go round in a barfuck. That's it look just always look on the bright side of life doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo. You choose don't you you can choose you can choose whether you've gone wrong way and then you get bogfoot and your head goes oh it's just life in it. We get to go a different way with a bit more hiking and I've refreshed my feet up. Grass me a common it's beautiful but all this is part of it and so on my OS map I've put this bit thinking that this bit this sort of ridge was that one so I thought get to here then I'll go right but I'm supposed to go right on the top of that thing so instead of just shimmying across here with nice views and that I've come like a big loop down round and I've got to go back up here. I'm glad I kept wrong way it's beautiful it's offering me some lovely views. I can hear running water anyway and I'll tell you this summer I'll be doing as many dips as I can on this one. Just had a wonderful dip in here it even gets deep enough to have a little swimming middle. I wouldn't have found it had I not got lost or gone the wrong way so it's making me realize that I'm not going to necessarily stick to the path that I've plotted into my OS map on this one I'm just going to go where I feel like it again I love these trips and then at the end I'll plot in my route and see what I've done that's the best I think that's the best thing I'll stick to it but if I see any like bodies of water or anything cool on the map I'm just going to make a detour I mean no rush you know even if I don't make this hike it's a figure of eight so I can always just stop at the first I get take my time and stop at the first one or add bits to it I've lost the path any you lot know no sorry if you can't hear me it is a bit windy and there is a a route that goes straight down here and over here to Angle Tarn which is in a little delve in the mountains there out the cut out this bottom section that I was planning on doing but I don't want to cut it out can you even hear me shall I just get somewhere sheltered is pointless uh and obviously I'm just going to keep hiking until I'm telling about spent but the thing we're going this way is I might just be I might be down bottom so I won't get me views and stuff but it's pretty windy and the forecast isn't great so maybe that's a good thing Langdale pikes pretty steep down here I've not been there I've not been doing much to camera voice wise because it's been blowing a hoolie and I'm like well I'm just shouting and I'm not even sure you can hear me but I've been here for these lovely views of Glee Tarn and this Langdale pikes it's pretty steep to be fair it's pretty steep there's that again right it's six there's pointless pointless talking here and it's windy as it's six o'clock there is an alehouse somewhere down there I spy so although I'm not staying although I'm wild camping tonight for sure I am going to rule out a bite to eat there she blows the old alehouse oh yeah that alehouse that I saw from top over there sacking it off I'm just going to keep walking and there's another one down here about maybe 15 20 minutes we'll see what that one's about I am hungry mate I've been well I've not eaten really today it's nice isn't it if that's got if that little thing there's got a plunge pool I might have a quick dip and I could lie down in it I wonder if there's another one up there oh come on then let's have a look shouldn't be doing this to my legs but I like a dip man I'd like to freshen up also I smell so it'd be nice to get to wash my shirt maybe even oh brand new absolutely brand new to me a little bit soggy for alehouse but bit Lake District fresh as a daisy I needed that as well starting to come a bit I'll get dried up as best as I can and let's go I've earned some food now man I am hungry that's interesting what's so much that even though that is nice it's this look let's put it on the inside and then bolted it on the other side look really wonka how's she faring is that a pass no I'm too strict you can't that's what I needed nice fuse though I can still see you mate there's good effort though lovely lovely little stop at there the head chef came out and called me because he's watched me Cape Raft trail video so I had a bit of a chat with him hello mate if you're watching great pie thank you suitably refreshed and now it's cracking on a bit half eight nine something like that there's a chill in the air now and I'm going to go find somewhere to camp I'm not bothered about views or a water source or anything like that the main thing is just somewhere flat I'll take it pie was sponsored by a pie the energy of a pie there's a lot of stones underground so even if I can't get me 10 pegs in I can just use these big stones from backside at river nice fuse I'm in this valley so the wind didn't get in me I think this is home for tonight one of my thoughts was I'll push up and get up to Angle Tarn but it looks a bit ominous up there and I probably just get there at dark anyway so is as good as anywhere in fact let's just do one of these it's easier isn't it with that the Gotham McGear that's what I mean the Gotham McGear the one super lightweight it'll do job I had condensation last time but what I'm going to do is I'm going to roll the doors back both and just leave doors open just have this mesh I've got a nice view and I don't think it's going to be too cold so I'll do that and see what see how I get on and if I get condensation with door open yank see you gonna have to be quick to get into wigwam there's a lot of there's a lot of red ants kicking about every stone that I picked up to put around my tent there was a nest under it so I'm getting and get doors closed but first we've got to pump it up and I'm using my can you read it forget it man the flexi tail pump it's an absolute dream it's loud you can just leave it and it blows it up in no time that's nearly done already there you go all done and it's also really bright light as well I'll leave a link below to that I've got a discount for it if you want it it's like I'll put it on the screen now I think it's haze or hazy 15 and you get 15% off this fully charged the last this whole trip no blowing your airbed up if you're if you if you're into camping they can even blow paddle boards up and inflatable dinghies I blew me mate it's inflatable dinghy up with one and it's quite a big unit I fully recommend it anyway get after it there's a link below if you want only if you want you let's move in I'll just keep this one like like that so that I can put my bag it clips in like this looks got like a it can just clip it on and off so I'll leave that on so it's got my bag's got somewhere to shelter because I think it's going to rain will it keep dry kind of yeah that'll be all right won't it um yeah as I say the tent is the gossamer gear the one it's only 500 gram and it's a hiking pole tent a single wall tent I've used this in winter and it's it's bad for condensation makes it so it is small on it but and it's got no mesh so unless you leave doors open you're going to get soggy but I'm hoping that won't be the case this time my sleeping bag of choice is just the rab neutrino 400 good down to minus seven won't be needing that the neo air uber light and my quetua pillow bit of water some marino and marino will layer that's it nothing more spectacular than that and then tomorrow see on the uh cumbria way me and fern went up this pass here which is a beast but I believe this is even steeper and we're going to head up there first thing tomorrow morning it's about half nine now so I'm just going to get in pit I've got no signal I've got I might have an audio book downloaded a summit so I can have that while I drift off but I'm knackered I'll put a shifting today and I can feel it so it won't be long till I'm in land of nod oh it's good to be back out and it's good to be on a rando one where we don't know where we're going to end up or what we're going to do but it's been a good start I've enjoyed today and tomorrow we head up there and we're taking on scar fell pike the highest mountain in the UK and a couple of others actually there's some whoppers tomorrow tomorrow's a tough day so stay tuned for that that'll be the next video oh I'll leave you in the capable hands of future me and all our favorite times map time thanks for watching welcome to future me and map time I'm doing it like this because usually I'll just go to my map and we do map time but a lot of my stuff is in storage because I've um I've moved house so all my maps are in storage and I didn't have anything I was like no I love me map time we love me map time we love our map time Fern had the bright idea to go to to go charity shopping to this big charity shop to see what they had and I was rifling through at this charity shop and look at these like just what I needed the perfect places I didn't need to get all four just these two so it just worked out perfectly and I've just been looking at them for the last hour I've had them out on table and they're fascinating the little differences and stuff between these and the new ones that I've got because they're proper like old school but enough waffling let's get into it so I left me vanning Ross's weight and off I went by the side of Stone's weight back and I've traveled this many a time on the tour of the Lake District and on the coast to coast and we keep going down here nice and gradual and then what was a steady climb becomes a bit of a punching number up here this is your first leg pumper and I've camped on the top of it gives you some lovely views over Borodale over the newly paved area now this is where I goofed mate I'd planned to go along this ridge here past high rise but I kept going down past Bogfoot to here thinking that this ridge was this ridge Gary Goodridge so I had a little look at my map and I ended up going this way and I'm really glad I did so I found some amazing swim spots and the views were spectacular back up to high rise and down and now we're on to the second map bear with me so here from high rise the wind was blasting me down here but again just some lovely bodies of water and some lovely views over the top looking down on Stickelton over Thunnecker knot down here through Langdale pikes again really windy then that subsided down here as we got down this edge feeling the legs a bit and then we doubled back this is where I plunged in that waterfall to have a little bit of a wash and along we go I stopped here for a delightful pie and a pint only three percent gear though needed to keep me wits about me and off I went with a spring in my step and a pie in my legs following Mickelton Beck and I got to here and I thought right well I could have made it I could have tried to push up to Angleton but it was getting dark and I thought it best to take advantage of this flat bit of ground so that's where I pitched up and that's where I am for the night and you can join me tomorrow when we tackle this I won't zoom out so I'll show you where I'm going but we're going up here tomorrow right thanks for watching if you're not subscribed already please consider subscribing and hitting the bell notification if you want to be notified of the next upload and I'll see you soon