The weekend of 6 July saw the last minute decision of Carl Scarth and Graeme Tutin to head off to Howtown. The cars were left early Friday evening and after a couple of hours of damp walking uphill found us pitching near the top of The Knott. Saturday morning came, still raining so the quick decision was made to have another cup of tea and a lie in to see if the weather improved. Minutes later we were disturbed by dozens of people trekking past the door. It was mountain marathon weekend and we had managed to pitch twenty feet off the route! We finally emerged to tackle the majority of the Kentmere Horseshoe route, finally pitching way above Blea Water. Sunday saw glorious sunshine and a great route back to Howtown back over The Knott, past Angle Tarn and Beda Fell.