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Peak Bagging: Wainwrights: 45 routes designed to complete all 214 of Wainwright's Lake District fells in the most efficient way

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The 508 bus from Penrith allowed me to access the Eastern fells and Far Eastern fells via Ullswater. A really pretty route down the side of the lake. If you’re starting out, though, you perhaps don’t want to be reaching for the highest heights right away. Wainwrights such as England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike, and the infamous ridge of Helvellyn can be left for another day. For now, why not warm up and ease yourself into it with these easy Wainwright walks? They’re the perfect Lake District walks for beginners! My advice for long distance walking trips in the summer of 2021? Book your table for the pub before you go My only issue with the book is the use of the Jones Ross formula for working out the timings, as an inexperienced walker will assume they’re in the ‘walker’ category. This however sets a pace of 5 kmph which is quite fast.

The Far Eastern Fells – Walking The Wainwrights Adventurer Nic hiking on the Kentmere Horseshoe on the Far Eastern Walking the Wainwrights routeI love this book, both to see I’ve not made too many strategic errors in former peak bagging resulting in lone summits requiring a revisit, but also for the inspiration, beautiful photos and route ideas. Over fifty years ago, renowned British hillwalker and guidebook author Alfred Wainwright described 214 peaks in the English Lake District in his seven-volume illustrated Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.

It's one of the quieter hills,” says Dan. “Even though it's in the heart of Lakeland, south of Ullswater and Borrowdale. So many people set off from Seathwaite and head up Scafell Pike, and don't really consider other options. You come up Thorneythwaite Fell from Seathwaite, and then you do a bit of a scramble up to the top. The descent, over Rosthwaite Fell, is also great. Again, it's a knobbly ridge.”When you’re heading out for a fell walk with younger children, there’s a different level of preparation that’s needed. Maybe I'm showing my age but I found the inclusion of the what3words locations (whatever they are) in addition to good old fashioned grid references annoying and made the text harder to read - perhaps a different type face could be used in future print runs.

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