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Book Three The Central Fells

All the hills of the Central Fells listed in height order with the eleven walks that took me over them and interactive map showing hill location and route. Click on the hill or the walk to read the post. Scroll down to use the interactive map.

1. High Raise 762m 2,500ft 8. Loft Crag 680m 2,231ft 15. Calf Crag 537m 1,762ft 22. Grange Fell 415m 1,362ft
2. Sergeant Man 736m 2,415ft 9. High Seat 608m 1,995ft 16. High Tove 515m 1,690ft 23. Helm Crag 405m 1,329ft
3. Harrison Stickle 736m 2,415ft 10. Bleaberry Fell 590m 1,936ft 17. Eagle Crag 525m 1,722ft 24. Silver How 395m 1,296ft
4. Ullscarf 726m 2,382ft 11. Sergeant’s Crag 571m 1,873ft 18. Armboth Fell 479m 1,572ft 25. Walla Crag 376m 1,234ft
5. Thunacar Knott 723m 2,372ft 12. Steel Fell 553m 1,814ft 19. Raven Crag 461m 1,512ft 26. High Rigg 357m 1,171ft
6. Pike of Stickle 709m 2,326ft 13. Tarn Crag 550m 1,804ft 20. Great Crag 450m 1,476ft 27. Loughrigg Fell 335m 1,099ft
7. Pavey Ark 700m 2,297ft 14. Blea Rigg 541m 1,775ft 21. Gibson Knott 420m 1,378ft  
A walk up Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell.

A walk up Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell.

It's the second day of a settled weather pattern that has brought crisp, calm and ...
Four Wainwright's from Thirlmere Dam

Four Wainwright’s from Thirlmere Dam

Commitments and the never ending rain which makes planning clear summit days difficult have kept ...
A walk up High Rigg

A walk up High Rigg

From the campsite I can see a fair chunk of today's walk from the van ...
A walk up Tarn Crag (Easedale)

A walk up Tarn Crag (Easedale)

I have some personal rules which guide my journey through the Wainwright’s (here) one of ...
Four Wainwright's from Grasmere

Four Wainwright’s from Grasmere

I’ve had company over the last couple of days. A Robin arrives regularly at the ...
Great Crag and Grange Fell from Rosthwaite

Great Crag and Grange Fell from Rosthwaite

Over the last few years I have become familiar with every twist and turn of ...
Silver How and Loughrigg Fell from Grasmere Village

Silver How and Loughrigg Fell from Grasmere Village

It’s summer, or at least that brief moment in time that passes for summer these ...
A walk up Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag

A walk up Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag

It’s the second time I’ve stopped at Chapel House Farm campsite in the last few ...
A walk up Ullscarf from Thirlmere

A walk up Ullscarf from Thirlmere

My last visit to Ullscarf was thwarted when the clouds which had been hovering above ...
The Langdale Pikes

The Langdale Pikes

Just as autumn seemed to have arrived, summer sunshine and warmth has returned for one ...
An Outer Langdale Round

An Outer Langdale Round

'If I should bow my head let it be to a high mountain' Maori Proverb ...

 

 

Book Two The Far Eastern Fells

All the hills of the Far Eastern Fells listed in height order with the sixteen walks that took me over them and interactive map showing hill location and route. Click on the hill or the walk to read the post. Scroll down to use the interactive map.

1. High Street 828m 2,717ft 10. The Knott 739m 2,425ft 19. Tarn Crag 664m 2,178ft 28. Arthur’s Pike 533m 1,749ft
2. High Raise 802m 2,631ft 11. Kentmere Pike 730m 2,395ft 20. Place Fell 657m 2,156ft 29. Bonscale Pike 524m 1,719ft
3. Rampsgill Head 792m 2,598ft 12. Froswick 720m 2,362ft 21. Selside Pike 655m 2,149ft 30. Sallows 516m 1,693ft
4. Thornthwaite Crag 784m 2,572ft 13. Branstree 713m 2,339ft 22. Grey Crag 638m 2,093ft 31. Beda Fell 509m 1,670ft
5. Kidsty Pike 780m 2,559ft 14. Yoke 706m 2,316ft 23. Hartsop Dodd 618m 2,028ft 32. Wansfell 488m 1,601ft
6. Harter Fell 778m 2,552ft 15. Gray Crag 699m 2,293ft 24. Shipman Knotts 587m 1,926ft 33. Sour Howes 483m 1,585ft
7. Caudale Moor 763m 2,503ft 16. Rest Dodd 696m 2,283ft 25. The Nab 576m 1,890ft 34. Steel Knotts 432m 1,417ft
8. Mardale Ill Bell 760m 2,493ft 17. Loadpot Hill 671m 2,201ft 26. Angletarn Pikes 567m 1,860ft 35. Hallin Fell 388m 1,273ft
9. Ill Bell 757m 2,484ft 18. Wether Hill 670 m 2,198ft 27. Brock Crags 561m 1,841ft 36. Troutbeck Tongue 364m 1,194ft
Selside Pike and Branstree

Selside Pike and Branstree

Endings and Beginnings are, as Mufasa might say all part of the great circle of ...
A High Street Round

A High Street Round

The low morning sun is glistening off the still waters of Haweswater and the bright ...
Grey Crag and Tarn Crag from Sadgill

Grey Crag and Tarn Crag from Sadgill

I arrive at the little hamlet of Sadgill at the far end of Longsleddale just ...
A Harter Fell Round from Sadgill

A Harter Fell Round from Sadgill

It’s the second day of my stay in the little hamlet of Sadgill and I ...
A walk up Wansfell and Wansfell Pike

A walk up Wansfell and Wansfell Pike

I knew that I had to get away before Christmas otherwise the festive season with ...
A freezing walk up Sour Howes and Sallows

A freezing walk up Sour Howes and Sallows

When I leave my warm sleeping bag and look at the thermometer it tells me ...
A short walk up Hallin Fell

A short walk up Hallin Fell

My wife and I have very different interests and hobbies. She is a creative, an ...
A walk up Gray Crag and Thornthwaite Crag

A walk up Gray Crag and Thornthwaite Crag

It’s a promising morning, the sun is shining and blue sky is all around. As ...
Brock Crags from Hartsop Village

Brock Crags from Hartsop Village

From the car park at Hartsop the lush green tree peppered slopes of Brock Crags, ...
Five Wainwrights from St Peter's Church Martindale

Five Wainwrights from St Peter’s Church Martindale

The morning sunlight is casting soft shadows over the quiet valley of Martindale as I ...
Stony Cove Pike and Hartsop Dodd from Brotherswater

Stony Cove Pike and Hartsop Dodd from Brotherswater

Putting my boots on in the car park of the Brotherswater Inn, my eyes are ...
A walk up Rest Dodd and The Nab from Brotherswater

A walk up Rest Dodd and The Nab from Brotherswater

It’s a dank grey day in Lakeland with a cloud filled leaden sky hovering worryingly ...
A walk up Place Fell from Patterdale

A walk up Place Fell from Patterdale

Place Fell is one of Lakeland’s iconic and best known mountains. The walk up it ...
Cloudbusting in Kentmere

Cloudbusting in Kentmere

It’s been a while. My summer has been spent elsewhere but the seasons wait for ...
A walk up Troutbeck Tongue

A walk up Troutbeck Tongue

Troutbeck Tongue is a small mound of a hill, separated from the higher hills surrounding ...
Beda Fell and Angletarn Pikes from Patterdale

Beda Fell and Angletarn Pikes from Patterdale

Winter has arrived in Lakeland. Which is a day early for the Meteorological calendar and ...

 

 

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The Langdale Pikes

Just as autumn seemed to have arrived, summer sunshine and warmth has returned for one last hurrah and I’m fortunate to be in Great Langdale to enjoy it. The Langdale Pikes are an iconic group of hills whose relative accessibility, moderate height and interesting routes have made them emblematic of all that is attractive about the English Lake District. From the moment their shapely and unique outline is glimpsed across Windermere on the road to Ambleside you know you have entered into the heart of Lakeland with its mountains, lakes and rivers. It’s time to relax, breathe out, and for a while leave your workaday stresses behind and allow your heart to be stirred in anticipation of adventures that lie ahead. And today, in the sunshine, I’m walking the Langdale Pikes.

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Book One The Eastern Fells

All the hills of the Eastern Fells listed in height order with the sixteen walks that took me over them and interactive map showing hill location and route. Click on the hill or the walk to read the post. Scroll down to use the interactive map. 

1.Helvellyn 950m 3,117ft 8.Great Dodd 857m 2,812ft 15.Great Rigg 766m 2,513ft 22.Middle Dodd 654 m 2,146 ft 29.Low Pike 508m 1,667ft
2.Nethermost Pike 891m 2,923ft 9.Stybarrow Dodd 843m 2,766ft 16.Hart Side 756m 2,480ft 23.Little Hart Crag 637m 2,090ft 30.Little Mell Fell 505m 1,657ft
3.Catstycam 890m 2,920ft 10.St Sunday Crag 841m 2,759ft 17.Seat Sandal 736m 2,415ft 24.Birks 622m 2,041ft 31.Stone Arthur 500m 1,640ft
4.Raise 883m 2,897ft 11.Hart Crag 822m 2,697ft 18.Clough Head 726m 2,382ft 25.Heron Pike 612m 2,008ft 32.Gowbarrow Fell 481m 1,578ft
5.Fairfield 873m 2,864ft 12.Dove Crag 792m 2,598ft 19.Birkhouse Moor 718 m 2,356 ft 26.Hartsop above How 570m 1,870ft 33.Nab Scar 450m 1,476ft
6.White Side 863m 2,831ft 13.Watson’s Dodd 789m 2,589ft 20.Sheffield Pike, 675 m 2,215 ft 27.Great Mell Fell 537m 1,762ft 34.Glenridding Dodd 442m 1,450ft
7.Dollywaggon Pike 858m 2,815ft 14.Red Screes 776m 2,546ft 21.High Pike, 656 m 2,152 ft 28.High Hartsop Dodd 519m 1,703ft 35.Arnison Crag 433m 1,421ft

My Journey Through the Wainwright’s, One Book at a Time.

My Journey Through the Wainwright’s, One Book at a Time.

My first visit to the Lake District was in 1982 and from that day on, ...
A Winter's Walk up Hart Side

A Winter’s Walk up Hart Side

I arrive early at the National Trust car park just South of Dockray and am ...
A Mell Fell Double

A Mell Fell Double

So today is the day. The day when I start my quest to complete all ...
Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike from Glenridding

Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike from Glenridding

Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike, the objects of today’s walk form the northern wall of ...
A walk along the Dodds

A walk along the Dodds

It’s a bright, sunny morning and the birds are singing as I’m dropped off at ...
Aira Force and Gowbarrow Fell

Aira Force and Gowbarrow Fell

I last walked up Gowbarrow Fell in the summer of 1992. We were stopping in ...
St Sunday Crag via Arnison Crag and Birks

St Sunday Crag via Arnison Crag and Birks

As I leave Side Farm campsite I can see the three hills of my intended ...
A walk up Seat Sandal

A walk up Seat Sandal

The cloud is hanging low in the valleys as I leave the campsite. It is ...
The Helvellyn Ridge, Dollywaggon Pike to Raise

The Helvellyn Ridge, Dollywaggon Pike to Raise

Starting today’s walk at Dunmail Raise, nearly 800ft above sea level does seem a little ...
Hartsop above How and Dovedale

Hartsop above How and Dovedale

Last night I stepped out of the campervan at Aira Force and was greeted by ...
High Hartsop Dodd and Little Hart Crag in the Snow

High Hartsop Dodd and Little Hart Crag in the Snow

Standing on top of High Hartsop Dodd with the snowfall becoming increasingly heavy I wondered ...
Red Screes and Middle Dodd

Red Screes and Middle Dodd

I’m back at Sykeside campsite to complete a walk that was cut short a few ...
A Walk up Stone Arthur

A Walk up Stone Arthur

It’s not often, hardly ever in fact that you get to see the summit of ...
The Pikes and Dove Crag from Ambleside

The Pikes and Dove Crag from Ambleside

It’s my first trip to Lakeland this year. The busyness of life has kept me ...
Hart Crag and Fairfield from Dovedale

Hart Crag and Fairfield from Dovedale

Having had the pleasure of walking down Dovedale last summer after climbing Hartsop Above How, ...
Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar

Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar

Gazing out at the glorious views of Lakeland from the summit of Great Rigg I ...
Birkhouse Moor and Catstyecam

Birkhouse Moor and Catstyecam

It’s the Queens Platinum Jubilee Weekend and Seventy years of Her Majesty on the Throne ...

 

 

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Silver How and Loughrigg Fell from Grasmere Village

It’s summer, or at least that brief moment in time that passes for summer these days. It’s also a Sunday on one of the hottest days of the year so I know today’s walk up Silver How and Loughrigg Fell, two of the lower lying and popular fells around Grasmere is likely to be a busy one.

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A walk up Tarn Crag (Easedale)

I have some personal rules which guide my journey through the Wainwright’s (here) one of these ‘I will get a view from each top’ has already entailed some return visits over the first two books. The awful weather and cancelled plans over the first months of the year have got me thinking that I may have to take more risks with the forecast if I am ever to finish my Wainwright journey before I go to rest with my ancestors. For a man who likes certainty and all his ducks in order it’s an uncomfortable prospect, but here I am, heading up Far Easedale looking up at a cloud topped Tarn Crag hoping that by the time I get there it will be clear. I can hear the roulette wheel spinning.

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A walk up High Rigg

From the campsite I can see a fair chunk of today’s walk from the van window. A short climb up through trees to a undulating ridge that eventually leads on to the summit of High Rigg. Stopping at High Bridge End gives me the rare treat of being able to walk from the campsite two days running and saves the hassle of packing the van up before setting off. In fact the Central Fells, being quite compact means I’m going to be able to do this often whilst working my way through book three. Life’s simple pleasures, or alternatively, simple things please simple minds, take your pick.

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Four Wainwright’s from Thirlmere Dam

Commitments and the never ending rain which makes planning clear summit days difficult have kept me away from the hills so far this year. But the weather seems to have finally turned and it looks like spring has arrived, soon to be merged straight into summer. As I park up at High Bridge End the sun is shining, lambs are gamboling in the fields, new life abounds and a chirpy chaffinch heralds my arrival back to Lakeland. The air is fresh and clean and the mountains green and lush. I’ve missed the reassuring presence of these hills and it’s good to be back.

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A walk up Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell.

It’s the second day of a settled weather pattern that has brought crisp, calm and freezing weather to Lakeland. There is not a breath of wind and the bright sun shines down from a cloudless azure sky. The air clarity is as clear as crystal. It’s pretty much perfect walking weather and I’m looking forward to my first walk in the Central Fells, a walk up Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell.

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Beda Fell and Angletarn Pikes from Patterdale

Winter has arrived in Lakeland. Which is a day early for the Meteorological calendar and three weeks early if you’re waiting for the Astronomical calendar. But the evidence of one’s own eyes doesn’t deceive and the hard frost, frozen water and bone chilling temperature is telling me it’s time wrap up warm for the next three months. Today’s walk has an end of term feel to it as I’ll complete my journey through Wainwright’s Book Two, The Far Eastern Fells with a walk up Beda Fell and Angletarn Pikes from Patterdale.

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