A very pleasant 8.6 mile walk with just over 2000ft of ascent, with the raised coffin route outward giving good views, and Loughrigg on the return more widespread ones and more effort. From Ambleside go north on the main road to take a right on the track to Rydal through the park. An early café […]
Blog Posts about Walking and the Outdoors
Widdale Fell shortened circuit.
Ie a circuit, not the Dent to Garsdale Route 15 in the book, of which see the note of April 2015. It’s 8+ miles and starts from the Ingleton to Hawes road, ascending Great Knoutberry Fell gently, then descending Widdale Fell. It is much better done when dry, or when frozen over, due to the […]
Middleton Fell circular, Barbon.
This high level semi-circular walk, linked to a 4.5mile jaunt to return, mainly on quiet minor road, makes for a scenic 12mile plus outing, with just over 2200ft of ascent. The soft and easy underfoot on the grassy hills unfortunately turns to hard road for the last 3 miles, although adding further distance and ascent […]
Scafell
A hot and sunny August Bank Holiday Sunday. A prearranged trip to a high mountain crag for this day. Buttermere or Scafell the choices given, so I chose Scafell, thinking that the parking would be better: it may have been, but despite an early start the traffic along the lake side was snail slow, and […]
Calstone and Cherhill Downs
Just after Lammas our daughter Rachel took us on this delightful Wiltshire chalk Downs walk, with flowers you don’t get up north, and too many butterflies to identify for sure. The six mile walk starts at the car park by north Wiltshire Golf course and heads east along a sunken Roman road, then down Horsecombe […]
Donkey’s Ears, Shepherds Crag
Listed as a Very Difficult ie easy climb in my 1990 Borrowdale Guide, and Severe in my 2000 edition, V Diff if pitch 4 is omited. Pitch 2 is not VD in my, admittedly elderly estimation, either the delicate slab or the gross and tight overhang between the Ears themselves, which I’m glad to report […]