Yep had a nightmare of a trip a lot of years ago round about 1984 ish
A group of 17 mountain bikers staying in caravans in Langdale we were supposed to follow a route called Tour of Great Gable in Jeremy Ashcrofts
book ( World bike carrying champion )
The details are a bit foggy as this is what happened up there the fog came down and we were then struggling so followed the cairns after carrying our bikes over double decker sized boulders for what seemed forever we met a couple of hikers coming down so asked them if they knew our location Yes came the reply about 200 yards from the summit of Scafell Pike .
So after taking advise from them we followed a path down which then had us forming a chain down a waterfall passing the bikes down .
When we finally dropped below the fog we found ourselves in what I can describe as the water margins then followed a struggle through these and onto a great singletrack down into Boot came out near the Phone box we were all bolloxed by this time .
I came out of the phone box to see 16 ashen faces staring with hope at me so said Some good news and some bad news
The good news is I know where we are .
The bad news is we have to ride over Hardnott and Rhynose passes to get back to the caravans .
I have a mate who still starts to twitch if I mention Rossit Ghyll .
Anyways after a few beers and bits of grilled animals we were all smiling again and ready for the next character building adventure .
side note after that week following a few of Jeremy Ashcrofts routes we burnt the damn books