Easdale Tarn & Tarn Crag

Following on from the somewhat lacklustre weather we had in the Lakes during our week there at the start of June, I was thrilled that our Wainwright bagging trip at the start of August had…

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Melbreak ‘The Steep Way’ & Hen Comb

Never ones to resist the siren call of the Lakes District, we were back in the Lakes for a weekend at the start of August. Thankfully, we managed to get much better weather than our…

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A Week in the Lakes, Part Two

Readers of last week’s blog will know that we recently spent a (rather wet and soggy) week in the Lake District. The first half of the week was slightly better weather wise and we did…

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A Week in the Lakes, Part One

Day tripping to the Lakes to bag more Wainwrights has taken a back seat over the last year or so. We’ve reached the point now where we’ve bagged a lot of the peaks which are…

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Birkhouse Moor and Catstye Cam

Trawling back through my photo archives, I found several walks which I’d never gotten around to posting on here. As well as our walks up Great Hangman and Worcester Beacon (among many others), I came…

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High Tove and Armboth Fell

On our Wainwright bagging journey, there have been some fells which we’ve felt more trepidation about than others. Some, like the Mosedale Horseshoe, I’ve worried about the length of the walk and my fitness, while…

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High Hartsop Dodd, Little Hart Crag, Red Screes & Middle Dodd

After our rather lax approach to Wainwright bagging so far this year, we decided to squeeze in another day trip to the Lakes during the last weekend of August. The forecast looked great, and we…

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