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79 80 Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell – Don’t forget your torch
79 80 Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell The views from the top of Bleaberry Fell were spectacular. It is always a surprise when you are treated to a 360 panorama from a small and insignificant mountain. I had spent the first part of the day with friends at the Spinning and Weaving Guild, sharing […]
Continue reading78 Low Fell – It does what it says on the tin
Low Fell is a small mountain overlooking the Kirkstile Inn on Loweswater – the clue is in the name as they say It’s not too big. As you may have gathered from previous posts Mark is recovering from Pneumonia and is struggling to walk for very far and certainly not up hill. However, every week […]
Continue reading77 Dodd
We were optimistic that Mark would make it up Dodd but still the recovery from illness is slow. Walking from the Sawmill Tea Room direct to the summit Mark turned back 1/3 of the way up. After 2/3rds at the bench the view was just about visible and then we disappeared into the cloud. We […]
Continue reading76 Castle Crag – Did I really agree to dress up as a Gorilla?
When you start an unusual and lengthy challenge it is always good to go into it with an open mind. I have found that however much you plan you will be very surprised by the unexpected opportunities that open themselves up to you. This is one I really did not see coming…… With Mark […]
Continue reading75 Hen Comb – Fill in the gap
In August I had intended to tick off Hen Comb on a walk out from home to Melbreak on the “Another Wainwright Day”, but bad weather had cut the walk short. Again the weather was not the best, but that was to be expected on 31 December 2019 it was blustery and cold, low cloud […]
Continue reading74 Gowbarrow
December came with its usual chaos of organising Christmas but in our family there was an added complication as Mark contracted Pneumonia, so most of December remained “Wainwrightless”. Finally my first outing with Mountain Bagging, came about on the 27th December. Mountain Bagging is the walking group I have been looking for all my life. […]
Continue reading73 Harknott
A cautionary tale. When the road closed sign is out on a mountain pass route. It probably means the road is closed. Icy, cold winter ascent, despite clear visibility and use of the compass we became disorientated on the way down and had to back track twice.
Continue reading72 Little Mell Fell
As winter sets in, my aim is to pick off the smaller Wainwrights as they present themselves. Every month I attend a Spinning and Weaving Guild meeting in Mungrisedale and can see Little and Great Mell Fell as I turn off the A66 so after a day of spinning, chatting, eating great cakes and learning […]
Continue reading59-71 Raise (Helvellyn) – Loughrigg – 1/3 Complete
September and October felt rather quiet. School was back but The Wild Wool Barn and Workshop was still in Summer mode with many visitors and guests taking much of my time. But despite my mountaineering not feeling frenetic the tally increased by another 13. Raise (Helvellyn) and White Side I had forgotten what a masterful […]
Continue reading58 Melbreak another Waynwright Day
Plastic Prohibition and the Time machine. My enjoyment for doing crazy things on mountains had got me noticed and I had been approached by a climate change awareness campaign to be an ambassador for their day of activities on the Wainwrights. The day was called “Another Waynwright day” – https://www.another-way.org.uk/another-waynwright/ and on my 51st birthday […]
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