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Ivan Lewis
Jul 12, 20201 min read
Great Crag 10th July 2020
So a weekend in the Lakes beckoned and we were trying to get Theo to 80 fells completed. After he got to 40 fells I did a photo-book for...
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Ivan Lewis
May 31, 20202 min read
Haystacks 30th May 2020
Having completed Grey Knotts and Brandreth we were torn between which to do next. Do we press on towards Green Gable and potentially...
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Ivan Lewis
May 31, 20201 min read
Brandreth 30th May 2020
Having completed the ascent of Grey Knotts (picture below looking back to where you've just been, Brandreth is a simple gentle walk over...
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Ivan Lewis
May 31, 20201 min read
Grey Knotts 30th May 2020
So after lock down was eased and we were allowed back to the Lake District, as long as we followed social distancing, we set off on a...
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Ivan Lewis
Mar 21, 20202 min read
Souther Fell 21st March, 2020
So a day trip up to the Lakes in very strange times. The Coronavirus concerns are paramount in the country at the moment but going to...
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Ivan Lewis
Jan 5, 20202 min read
Grange Fell 3rd January 2020
Well, an unexpected bonus as Theo and I were back in the lakes in the first weekend in January. We were staying at The Castle Inn at the...
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Ivan Lewis
Dec 30, 20192 min read
Sheffield Pike 29th December, 2019
So after putting Glenridding Dodd in the list of Wainwrights done, we dropped to the col between GD (as I now call it) and Sheffield Pike...
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Ivan Lewis
Dec 30, 20192 min read
Glenridding Dodd 29th December 2019
So having got one Wainwright under our belts yesterday Theo and I were off to get at least one more in the form of Glenridding Dodd. ...
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Ivan Lewis
Dec 30, 20191 min read
Arniston Crag 28th December, 2019
An unexpected bonus of (a) a few days in the lakes between Christmas and New Year and (b) decent, dry weather allowing a chance to up the...
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Ivan Lewis
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Armboth Fell 1 December 2019
Armboth Fell had eluded me a few times so, having made the top of High Seat, we turned back and headed towards the top of High Tove on...
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Ivan Lewis
Dec 1, 20191 min read
High Seat 1 December 2019
Having reached High Tove we looked towards High Seat and decided to head off for that fell next. As you can see there is an obvious path....
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Ivan Lewis
Dec 1, 20191 min read
High Tove 1 December 2019
We woke up, well rested from a good meal at the Priest Hole followed by a good kip at the Fisherbeck B&B in Ambleside. After a wander...
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Ivan Lewis
Oct 20, 20192 min read
Raven Crag 20th October, 2019
After a six weeks (!) absence we decided on a there and back in a day jaunt to the Lakes. I had seen that the west side of Thirlmere was...
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Ivan Lewis
Sep 9, 20191 min read
High Pike (Caldbeck) 8th September 2019
So, as I mentioned at the end of the note on Carrock Fell we had a pleasant mile and a half across a grassy plateau to reach High Pike....
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Ivan Lewis
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Carrock Fell 8th September 2019
On the promise of a sunny day in the Lakes we set off for a "there and back in a day" journey to knock off a couple of Wainwrights. ...
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Ivan Lewis
Aug 25, 20192 min read
Cold Pike 24th August 2019
So Pike O'Blisco done and now to nip down a few feet before the gentle climb to Cold Pike top. Except it isn't! Cold Pike is just to the...
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Ivan Lewis
Aug 25, 20192 min read
Pike O'Blisco 24th August 2019
So, after a long 2 months absence from the lakes due to weather and suffering with sciatica we were back, on a bank holiday weekend so we...
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Ivan Lewis
Jun 23, 20191 min read
Longlands Fell 22nd June, 2019
So from the top of Brae Fell you begin to head away from where we'd parked the car but the path goes in a wide curve to the right. As you...
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Ivan Lewis
Jun 23, 20191 min read
Brae Fell 22nd June, 2019
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....
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Ivan Lewis
Jun 23, 20191 min read
Knott, 22nd June, 2019
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...
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