[Doug]

Just to emphasise how fickle mobiles can be, this is a shot on Long Side Edge on a day that started out wet at ground level, deteriorating to 40 mph gales and driving rain along the Edge itself, then again on the summit of Skiddaw and then turning to bright warming sunshine on Carl Side, all with an hour or so. My mobile got soaked in an unprotected pouch on my waist strap, at the time I was most at risk it was useless, hence the whistles and torches.

Yeah Park, the map and compass is for my own use. I carry a normal OS 1:25 000 of the area I'm walking in and selective area maps made with memory map software for quick view use and close up bug out routes.

I went mad with the kit list because I wanted my son and girl friend to walk with me and I didn't want anything going wrong for them, my son did the Yorkshire Three Peaks individually then jack it in, the girl friend likes to do the odd walk now and again but isn't committed. I was also well taught about being prepared by the Lossimouth MRT back in the late 70s.