Hindscarth
Height: 727 metres / 2385 feet Grid reference: NY 21565 16517 Category: The North Western Fells
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The Striding Edge Guess the Fell Advent Quiz 2023 – The Answers
The 2023 Guess the Fell Advent Quiz– Answers We have a winner! Huge Congratulations to Maggie Allan who got all the answers correct and was the nearest on the tie-break question where a 10 figure grid reference was required and she managed to be a mere 138 feet away! A well deserved first prize will
Maiden Moor
Height: 576 metres / 1890 feet Grid reference: NY 23675 18193 Category: The North Western Fells
Ard Crags
Height: 581 metres / 1906 feet Grid reference: NY 20696 19766 Category: The North Western Fells
The North Western Fells
The North Western Fells are bounded by the River Derwent and the River Cocker – an area lauded by Wainwright as first-class fell-walking territory. The ridge walking here is some of the finest in the Lake District, offering views of unsurpassed beauty. There is something for all walkers: steep, high mountains such as Grasmoor, rugged
Birketts
The Birkett Fells are the 541 fells described by Bill Birkett in his book ‘The Complete Lakeland Fells’. The book covers all the fell tops over 1000 feet in the English Lake District National Park, which with an area of more than 880 square miles is the largest of its kind in Britain. Below is
Wainwrights
The Wainwright Fells are those listed in the seven books entitled ‘A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells’. Written more than 50 years ago, they remain the definitive Lake District guide books and the 214 fells listed remain a completion goal of many fell walkers. In 2005, the author Chris Jesty updated the Wainwright books
Newlands Round
The weather turned out much better than I expected today. Driving through the Lake District early the early morning fog, I knew this was inversion weather – Coniston, Windermere, the Vale of Grasmere, St John’s in the Vale and the Vale of Keswick were all covered by a thick carpet of mist but I only made up my mind where to walk at the very last minute. It was a good decision too I think as the mist lifted as the sun rose and covered many of the fell tops. I never saw another soul today!