The last walk of an autumn week in The Lakes and being the last day I always try to pick something easy and as easterly as possible to get on the M6 quickly. The 6 plus hour drive to Plymouth necessitates leaving late afternoon, so you miss the worst of the traffic around Manchester and Birmingham. The weather looked poor for the final day though, with possible dry spells from midday onwards. I decided a quick trip to Keswick for a coffee was needed before heading to Mungrisdale and a walk into Bannerdale. Depending on the weather it would either be a sharp climb up the east ridge to Bannerdale Crags and then Bowscale Fell. Or if the weather was poor Souther Fell would be the target. As it was the weather got slightly worse, the cloud lower as the day went on so Souther Fell it was.