It began drizzling when Brian and I got out of the car at Stonethwaite. After walking up the Langstrath Valley, following the Cumbria Way via Stake Pass we had lunch at Angle Tarn (in the rain) . After lunch, walking up from Angle Tarn we heard what we originally thought to be a sheep bleating. After a while we detoured to investigate and found someone lost. One of these was lost and the others had arrived as we had, in response to his shouting. His compass was in his pack somewhere, and his map was an A4 print-out with his intended route marked upon it in fluorescent pink. He'd missed a left turn, and had decided to turn left anyway.  We sent him in the general direction of the shelter, which is where the other group were heading. They were approximately 300 yards from the shelter under Allen Crags. Half an hour later, near Great End, two people checked where they were with us and then went back the way they had come.
After putting up the tents we were having an attempt on Scafell Pike when we met a family of three in the mist, near Broad Crag. At this point we turned back to show them were we were pitched. It was raining and misty and we were walking across a slippery boulder field. The weather on Sunday was a lot better.
On the Sunday morning Brian and I went up Scafell Pike. Arriving at about 9.30 we met John Earnshaw who was erecting a very long short wave radio aerial. After talking to him we discovered that the idea was that radio people collect broadcasts from hill tops; click here for a report from this man. You will need to scroll down to G4YSS Actvn report, etc - the Backpacking Club get a mention in this report!! See below for a picture taken at the top.
We returned from Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route Styhead Tarn and Sprinkling Tarn, Angle Tarn, Angle Tarn Gill and the Langstrath Valley, arriving back at the car at 6.0pm.