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Rosthwaite Fell with Tom

My son Tom and I drove to Stonethwaite, parking just past the school where there are a couple of areas for parking beside the wall. There is no parking beyond this. We started walking about 8.45am. We will do a circular walk up to Rosthwaite Fell sum...

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Grike and Crag Fell with Sue

This is one of my favourite walks as Crag Fell provides such great views for minimal effort. This is a six mile walk which takes about four hours, provided that ample time is allowed for lunch and admiring the views. The walk starts from the lay-by j...

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Angle Tarn Pikes & Brock Crags

It was going to be a beautiful day and very hot, so I set off early to reach Patterdale car park for 7.30 am. I was hoping to do all the “up” before it got too hot. The plan was a 7.5 mile circular walk to include Angle Tarn Pikes, Angle...

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Dale Head in Snow

I fancied a walk in some snow so I drove to the NT car park at Honister, arriving at 9am and headed up the track that leads directly to the summit. It will take about an hour. My return route would detour to Yew Crag Quarries and Mines, an interestin...

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Brown Pike from Torver

It had snowed overnight, so for my birthday walk I decided to drive to Torver, which is on the main road and gritted, to walk up to Dow Crag. The lay-by at Torver was full of forestry vehicles so I parked in the Village Hall car park, which was cover...

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Brock Barrow to Top o’Selside

Ged and I parked by the wall at Water Park on the east side of Coniston Water and walked back to High Nibthwaite and up to Brock Barrow and along the undulating heather covered tops to the Top o’Selside. Then we would continue on to Low Parkamo...

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Beacon Tarn & Wool Knott

After nearly a month of bronchitis over the run up to Christmas and New Year, and missing out on all those blue sky days and snow, I was determined to walk up a little hill. So I coughed and wheezed my way up to Wool Knott which overlooks Beacon Tarn...

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Bigland Tarn & Bigland Barrow

It was a nice day, so Ged and I did a walk up to Bigland Tarn and Bigland Barrow. A four mile, easy circular walk that takes less than two and a half hours. I parked in the lay-by almost opposite the start of the walk, at Haverthwaite on the B5278 ro...

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Elterwater with Sue

We set off early to get the sunrise at Elterwater. We arrived at Elterwater NT car park around 8am and headed down the footpath. We were just going as far as Chesters By The River, then heading back again, with a couple of detours. The walk was about...

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