Ivan's Wainwright Experience

So a birthday weekend in the Lakes stopping in the lovely village of Coniston. Upon waking on Saturday we decided that we would go up...

As I had reached 99 fell tops on Barrow we turned to Outerside as our next objective. I said to Theo I was happy to go back down and get...

So with 4 Wainwrights completed in our mini-break we looked for a smaller mountain top to climb near Keswick and Barrow was the one we...

After the efforts of doing 3 Wainwrights yesterday (Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson) we decided to just knock off one on this day. We...

From Hindscarth we had Robinson in our sights. We chatted about whether to leave that and come back from Buttermere one day as we still...

Having completed Dale Head from Honister we turned our attention to Hindscarth, the next spoke pointing out from the edge. The picture...

So after a seven month absence we were back in the Lake District to carry on with the Wainwright 214 challenge I had set myself. We had...

From Rampsgill Head (wherever that is) we followed the obvious path to Kidsty Pike. This, for me, is an iconic fell top as I had heard...

So from High Raise we retraced our steps. Now, on the walk from The Knott to High Raise we went past a cairn where peeps were having...

From The Knott the route takes us up the fell that will ultimately lead us back to Haweswater. The path is directly opposite the descent...

The walk from High Street to the Knott is pretty gentle. Downhill to begin with.... This is a great part of the walk and almost feels...

From Mardale Ill Bell we knew we had done all the real tough climbing for the day. The path is pretty obvious. We took a slightly more...

So the promise of late autumn sunshine lured us back to the Lakes for a walk I had seen and planned for over a few months. When on...

We set off with the intention of doing Pikeawassa and then potentially going further up to Loadpot Hill on the Roman Road. Again, parking...

Another hot day and Theo and I decided we would head down past Howtown to Martindale to tick off Beda Fell. We managed to park near the...

Having made it to the top of Arthurs Pike we made our way towards Bonscale Pike. All the grunt work of the morning was out of the way...

All in the lakes for a week in a holiday cottage in the centre of Pooley Bridge. I have to say, before I continue with the narrative of...

Today was a beautiful day and we talked for a long while about which mountains to go to but in the end we plumped for Fleetwith Pike. We...

From Knott Rigg the path to Ard Crags is, again, obvious. The walk there is a bit like going up and down a roller-coaster. Dropping...

So we went to sleep on Friday 10th July knowing that in the morning the weather was set fair and we would be going up Ullock Pike, Long...