This is a pretty ordinary hill, without a definite summit, just a peat groughed plateau with two or maybe three small cairns, so why climb it? Because it is a "summit" over 2000ft with more than 50 ft ascent from any neighbour, ie a "Nuttall", and it was our last one. The Nuttalls in their excellent
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Great Knoutberry Fell and Widdale Tarns: a short quiet circuit for a Bank Holiday.
This starts from the wide pull-off where the coal road up east from Dent Station meets the Bridleway skirting Great Knoutberry Fell on the West and South. You may see a few folk here, but non after Gt Knoutberry Fell. Go on the largely green and very pleasant Bridleway round the Fell, with good
Dentdale and Frostrow Fell from Millthrop
Originally a bad day walk of years ago, which was a bit uninspiring due to the wet and windy conditions. We revisited recently on a glorious spring day and what a difference, with different landscapes - woodland, river bank, moorland, meadows, and excellent views. This makes a 7.6mile trip with just
Crosby Ravensworth to Orton – shortened walk.
A shorter Crosby Ravensworth to Orton (the Scar) Walk. I you wish to shorten the 9.5mile parent walk from March 2020, due to time or health problems, here is a 7 mile version, missing out Orton. Either start in Crosby R as the parent walk, or in a spacious bare area off the B6260 Orton to
An Upper Swaledale round from Muker
This lovely 8 mile walk is best done in early to mid-June when the Muker meadows, and to a lesser extent the Ivelet to Muker meadows, are full of wildflowers. Starting in Muker, find the path through the village which leads onto the meadows. It is not signed so be careful. Go through the delightful
Scafell Pike from Wasdale, without the crowds. (Mostly.)
A glorious friday in early June, the last weekday of the Whitsun holidays. I wanted to see what Piers Gill was like, as my late mother told me once that she had been cajoled by my father to take me and my one older and one younger brothers (aged maybe 3 to 7) up the Pike, but went wrong in bad