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They knew the summit would be crowded, so decided to have lunch on the way up and stopped just long enough on the top to take pictures. Then they carried along the ridge to Swirl How and Prison Band. It

The group at Coniston Old  Man summit

 

was such a beautiful day that from Levers Water they could see the climbers on Little How Crags where John and Roger climbed Sunshine Arête and Black Moss Crack before moving on to Great How Crags and the Original Route. Back at the Cottage, the walkers had a well-deserved brew and all agreed they’d had a very good day.

 

(This is an edited version compiled from reports sent in by Betty McGreggor and Steve Nelson. What they didn’t relate was that, after