BB2044 : The Wedding Album

Wednesday 10th December 2020

I think I should take up a new career as a wedding photographer.  Yet again, on visiting Blea Tarn, I had the opportunity to snap a blushing bride.  Today wasn’t a commission, though.  When we set off up Side Pike I thought it more likely that we might experience the virtual presence of Julia Bradbury, as on BB0606 & BB0912.  

However, seeing as JPL wasn’t with us to entice her virtuality onto the hill, it was no surprise that she didn’t show.

What had shown earlier but not now, was the sun.  It had become quite gloomy, or to put a more positive slant on things, atmospheric.  Hills that had been clear, now had clouds slowly wrapping themselves around them.

As usual, we took the Comitibus photo at the Julia Bradbury rock and set off in search of the Big Squeeze.  I noticed that a new path had opened up, a more direct route.  For direct, read vertical.  Downwards.  After a tentative exploration we decided that discretion called for us to take the normal approach.  Even that is not without excitement.  The path above the drop gets narrower and more vertigo-inducing until at last, to my great relief if not that of others, the Big Squeeze appears.

One advantage of the Covid lockdown is that fewer meals out and likewise visits to the pub meant that all were able to fit through without too much problem. Waiting patiently for their turn was a young couple who had used the exciting route.  They told us it was their first Squeeze.  I hope they have many more Squeezes together. Maybe they will need a wedding photographer?

It was still gloomy / atmospheric but we decided to press on, enjoying the view back over Side Pike to the Langdale Valley.  We followed the fence to Brown How, the Lingmoor Summit.  That was enough for today.  I had noticed a new (to us) way down to Blea Tarn so we decided to take it.  Good choice.  It is an easy descent with superb views.

Way down in the distance we could see, at the south end of Blea Tarn, a group of four people.  Why was one dressed in white?  As we dropped lower it became obvious.  It was a wedding photoshoot.  Since our plan was to circumnavigate the tarn, I thought it would be a good opportunity to hone up my wedding photography skills.  It was a slightly strange experience.

The photographer looked like a member of the HU.  If you have never heard of them, visit Wolf Totem and turn the volume up high.

Fortunately there was no menacing HU music playing, nor were we threatened when I asked if they minded if I took photos of the happy couple.  The groom was disinterested but his bride was only too keen to pose.  

She was a lovely, friendly lass, clearly of an ethnic background thousands of miles to the East.  Mongolian, perhaps?  She told me that the wedding was not until next week but they had come to the Lakes from Ipswich for the scenery and photoshoot. I blew her some magic dust for good luck and we continued on our way.

That concluded the day’s excitement though it was a pleasant walk back around Blea Tarn with the Langdales and the hills of the upper valley looking very atmospheric with the cloud caressing them like a wedding veil.  

Another for the Album?

Don, Wednesday 10th December 2020 

 

Comments:

Don:  It was a very strange coincidence that, only the previous day, Tony had discovered the HU and their Mongolian biker music.  If you want to know more, visit Phantom's Way and then let the HU tell you about the Great Ghinngis Khaan.  There is also a version of Wolf Totem with the addition of Jacoby Shappix singing in English.   I can't decide which is the scarier!

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Comitibus:

Stan, Tony, Mike B, Don

Track:

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STATISTICS

BB2044

Date:

Wednesday 9th December 2020

Features:

Side Pike, Lingmoor,

Comitibus:

Don, Mike B, Stan, Tony

Distance in miles (Garmin):

6.8

Height climbed in feet (OMN):

1,844

GPX track

BB2044

Down in the Zoombar :

Stephen

Don

Terry

Tony

Mike B

Stan

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