High Rigg
Lay-by (opposite Thirlmere Dam road) – Wren Crag – High Rigg (Birkett) – High Rigg (Wainwright)/Naddle Fell (Birkett) – St. John’s Church – Low Bridge End Farm – Lay-by
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Wansfell & Wansfell Pike
Troutbeck – Nanny Lane – The Hundreds – Wansfell – Baystones (487m) – Wansfell Pike – Nanny Lane – Troutbeck
The Western Fells
The Western Fells lie within a wide sector, driving deep into the heart of Lakeland at Sty Head. They are bounded in the north-west by the Cocker valley, ‘jewelled by the lovely lakes of Buttermere and Crummock Water’. South-west their boundary is Wasdale, running towards the sea. The rugged territory around Sty Head is crowded
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
High Knott
In complete contrast to last Friday, it was completely miserable again today and it was absolutely teeming down with rain (just in case you thought it was always sunny in the Lake District!). I had intended following the Wainwright Outlying fell walk but cut it short to save it for a better day but at least we made it to the top. I also had to try and remember how to use camera number 2 today – seems like ages since I have used it. The ‘unusual stile’ at the wall corner below the summit now has a fence across it, as reported to me by a correspondent, and I can confirm that it makes it awkward to get through to say the least.