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…
View PostDay 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…
View PostTrawling 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…
View PostOn 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…
View PostAfter 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…
View PostAfter a slow start to Wainwright bagging this year, last weekend I took the opportunity to pop up Great Mell Fell after seeing Sam off on the Grand Tour of Skiddaw. I just wanted a…
View PostThe rather grey and dreary start we’ve had to summer this year means that we’ve not really been over to the Lakes for any Wainwright bagging day trips. In fact, we’ve not hopped over just…
View PostThe Lake District isn’t too bad on a bank holiday, if you know where to go. Popular spots like Cat Bells, Grasmere and Ambleside are to be avoided at all costs, but heading up a…
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