Ivan's Wainwright Experience

I mentioned in the Blog on Gowbarrow how I plan our trips and which fells we are going to complete. With Graystones it seemed a fairly...

Before we set off to the Lakes I had looked at which fells we should aim to do. Gowbarrow Fell was not too far from Little Mell Fell and...

The family decided to head up to the Lakes for a few days in late October. I wasn't sure what the weather would be like when it was...

A bit of a late decision by Theo and I on Saturday afternoon to go to the Lakes on Sunday for a walk. The original plan was to do Steel...

As we hit Bank Holiday Monday, we packed up and checked out of our hotel. As we were heading back towards Penrith I said we could do a...

Now having completed Latrigg we went back to Keswick, dried off and popped out for some lunch. As we began to wander to the hotel and...

When we stayed in Bassenthwaite earlier in the year Theo and I were going to go up Latrigg on our way home but decided against it. Given...

From the top of Walla Crag we had a look round and I could see a dead easy path towards the top of another fell. After a quick look at...

So on Theo's birthday his wish was to go to the Lake District. Obviously on a bank holiday weekend the spaces at hotels were at a...

After our exploits on the Langdale tops of the 21st July we decided we'd do an easy Wainwright fell before heading home. Having done the...

Now, as the mist had descended at the top of High Raise we were left with a choice. GO back the way we came or head towards Sergeant Man....

Those of you who have read all my posts will both know that I came to the Lakes in May and completed a number of the Langdale fells. As...

After much teasing from Theo after I missed Loft Crag off when I came to the Lakes solo in May this trip I was determined to cross at...

On what looked like a decent day we decided to go North and knock off Raven Crag. This resides at the top of Thirlmere and, as there was...

So after being Theo and I on Monday, this time the whole family had come up to the Lakes for a couple of days break. I had agonised a...

So the final fell top of the day is Nab Scar. On our journey around we spoke to a number of fellow walkers who were saying which way...

Heron Pike is next on the horseshoe and I did feel a sense of achievement as we set off to it from Great Rigg. Mainly because I had seen...

As I mentioned at the end of the Fairfield blog the route down is quite straightforward being on an obvious path. The two humps you can...

So after completing Hart Crag, and eaten lunch, we realised we had done half of the 8 fells on the Fairfield horseshoe. Also, talking to...

Now here was a bit of a sting. Looking at the map we knew we had a little climb to get to the top of Hart Crag but after the relatively...