Category: Weekly Wanders

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…

My reason for a walk around Brother’s Water was simply to get a nice photo of Angletarn Pikes.  But rather than go there and just take a photo, we decided to turn it into a circular walk.  And what a… Continue Reading…

Loughrigg Fell from Mandale Bridge We’ve recently been exploring Loughrigg Fell in more detail.  We had been up Loughrigg a couple of times before, but on reading Wainwright’s very generous 16 pages on this one fell, it seemed like a good… Continue Reading…

Black Fell in the Lake District is our closest Wainwright fell.  I mentioned in our Hawkshead Walks post that we might start climbing (or bagging) what is considered the “Wainwright’s” – however I have never understood walking just for the… Continue Reading…