Ivan's Wainwright Experience

Turning back round from the summit of Knott we headed back to the summit of Great Sca Fell which we'd visited half an hour or so earlier....

On the Stuart Maconie walks in the Northern Fells he says that some of these are Connoisseur's fells. Knott being one of them. Well...

Having completed Great Cock Up and Meal Fell the next in this little line of fells is Great Sca Fell. The chap we met at the top of Meal...

From Great Cock Up we retraced our steps back to the corner. From there the route up Meal Fell is obvious. It looks a little steep (and...

After a few weeks where the weather has been foul to say the least, we settled on going to the lakes overnight. This in the week that...

Having completed Fellbarrow you retrace your steps along the fence line but then continue back upwards keeping the fence to your right....

Over breakfast, superb by the way, we were again toying with the idea of going to Haystacks and, instead of doing the High Stile ridge,...

So as it was half term Theo and I decided to go to the Lakes to get a few more fells completed. The plan was to head to Buttermere and...

So the full team was lined up for a run out to my recent nemesis, Calf Crag. On two previous occasions tiredness and weather had...

What a day so far. A hard walk up from the Langdale valley before knocking off Rossett Pike, Allen Crags and the wonderful Great End. ...

Having conquered Allen Crags we could see Great End and it seemed to be very close. we have a chat and decided that we wouldn't waste...

Having reached the top of Rossett Pike you have done the main bit of climbing for the day. The reward was a walk down a pitched path to...

A very odd set of Easter holiday breaks for the children meant Theo and I were able to set off on Easter Monday for a 2 night stay in the...

So heading off from Maiden Moor towards High Spy is again pretty straight forward. The path is clear and obvious in good weather but I...

From Catbells the path to Maiden Moor is nicely defined in the near distance and, whilst you have to drop a bit before ascending again...

Before I started my attempt at completing the Wainwright fells the whole family had started, but failed to conquer, Cat Bells. This was...

And so 2019 dawned and we decided to make our first trip to the Lakes. As a treat we also decided to overnight at the New Dungeon Ghyll...

So, a year to the day that we went up Helm Crag the family was back in the lakes, staying in Kendal, and taking the opportunity to knock...

Theo and I set off on a beautiful autumn morning to go to the west side of Thirlmere and to complete two fells in a day. But.......the...

From the top of Graystones we could just about make out the summit of Broom Fell. This part of the day was great. Sure there's a bit of...