Category: Weekly Wanders

The Langdale Pikes are like old friends to us now.  We see them often, have a good old chat about them (mainly trying to remember their names) and discuss which we will go up first and by which route.  It… Continue Reading…

The first time we went up Red Screes there was snow at the top and my memory of the stunning view is the reason we wanted to go up again.  To make a more interesting walk, we read up in… Continue Reading…

Wetherlam from Little Langdale Wetherlam has become a familiar sight to us on our walks around Ambleside and the Langdales.  First noticed and identified when we climbed Holme Fell, it has been on our radar to explore.  However, it has… Continue Reading…

From Elterwater We took our first walk up Lingmoor Fell in January 2020 and we’re still talking about it.  Reasons?  Great clear day, surrounded by snow topped mountains and a moment of pure emotional “whoah” when our path opened up… Continue Reading…

Wansfell Pike is a standout fell top always visible to the east of Ambleside and one which we have ventured up a few times.  Only on reading Mr. Wainwright’s chapter on Wansfell did we realise that the pike was not… Continue Reading…

From Loughrigg Terrace We went up Silver How at the beginning of February when there was snow, and again in warm sunshine at the end of the month.  What you see from afar is very different to the experience on… Continue Reading…

Pike O’Blisco (or Pike OF Blisco on OS maps) as Wainwright says in his Southern Fells book is “well worth climbing from any direction“.  So we did just that, taking a route up from Dungeon Ghyll in December and last… Continue Reading…

Holme Fell from the quarries at Low Fell We first spotted Holme Fell when we were walking around Tarn Hows and I can’t say it was a very enticing looking fell. Dark and knobbly best describe it, with no obvious… Continue Reading…

Angletarn Pikes from Brother’s Water We went to Angletarn Pikes at the end of December.  Our decision to climb this fell was to see the snowy peaks around Ullswater, but also…it’s the first one in Wainwright’s “Far Eastern Fells” book,… Continue Reading…