The High Stile Ridge

Eagle eyed readers who’ve been following my blog for a few years might recognise the photo below from my blog 5 Undiscovered Lake District Walks. I’ve not actually recycled the photo: we visited the Lakes…

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Place Fell, Angletarn Pikes & Beda Fell

I don’t know about everyone else, but usually after a long drive, we like a few days to decompress and chill out at home. However, we got a surprise extra bank holiday last September a…

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Nether Wasdale

There’s almost nothing better than striding along a ridge in blazing sunshine with the Lake District stretching out as far as the eye can see in all directions. Given the typically inclement weather in the…

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Knott Rigg & Ard Crags

Setting out to bag all 214 Wainwrights has been a bit of a revelation. Without our checklist of fells, there are so many hills which we’d probably never have come across, including the summits of…

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Low Fell & Felbarrow

Low Fell and Felbarrow are the type of hills that could be easily overlooked if they weren’t Wainwrights, that most illustrious category of fell. Perched on the western fringes of the Lake District, these small…

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