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A Clougha Pike circuit, avoiding Rigg Lane.

By Hugh Stewart January 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

I.e. avoiding any crowds parking there. Start at Little Cragg car park and go down the road, turning right to go over the top of Baines Crag for your first view of Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland Fells. At the road go down then left over the first ladder stile and cross the infant Condor by stone or

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Fair Snape Fell from Stang Yule.

By Hugh Stewart December 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

A different approach and exit from Fair Snape than the route from the south (Feb 2019), or the "tourist" route from below Parlick. A nine mile or so circuit, with 1500ft of ascent and excellent views. From spaces off the road south of Stang Yule go north and take the signed path right for a short

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Snaizeholme red squirrels: included in a ten mile circular walk.

By Hugh Stewart November 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Also with a visit to the source of the River Ribble and involving a km of pathless moorland. The Snaizeholme valley is a southern offshoot of Widdale, between Ribblehead and Hawes. The red squirrel refuge in the Snaizeholme Woods, and the trail and viewing area were set up by the owners of Mirk

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A Woodbridge walk.

By Hugh Stewart October 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

This must be in various publications, but I'm making no apologies, as it is a remarkably pleasant town and estuary walk of 6.5miles. Starting from the car park near Wilford Bridge over the Deben (having come back from Sutton Hoo?), gain the river embankment and go downstream on it, past a small

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Sheffield Pike the quiet way.

By Hugh Stewart August 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Not the cleverest choice of walk on a post lockdown August Tuesday with a good forecast, so no parking in the car park at Glenridding, nor above the Travellers Rest, where there appear to be twenty new residents with invisible houses. So by chance, as we had to park up the main road on a good

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Addition to High Cup Nick walk.

By Hugh Stewart August 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

That is "High Cup Nick, shortened version of walk 23 ", from 12th Sept 2018. The addition is to see the interesting floral limestone gully, Maizebeck scar, adding just over a mile. From the Nick, follow the obvious path of the Pennine Way, and descend to cross Maize Beck beyond Watch Hill and turn

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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Caw to Walna Scar traverse.

Another quiet Lakeland walk, (except the Walna Scar track descent), with 6.5 miles and 2330ft of ascent. The Duddon Valley makes a pleasant change from the classic walking valleys: no made steps, only old tracks and rough rocky terrain. Park near the Newfield Inn, a car park exists by the Parish

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Watendlath and Borrowdale circular

A suitable pre-Theatre by the Lake evening production, when the cloud level is low and you don't fancy walking with no views in the damp. It comes to just under 9 miles with 2100ft of ascent. From the Lodore Wood car park up the Watendlath road, take the road south till an obvious track leads off

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Addition to the book of Trespass: Warcop.

This is an 8 mile walk over Little Fell and down and along the side of Scordale. A wild, lonely, and in places rough walk, with 2100ft of climbing. The trespass refers to the fact that most of the walk is in the MOD's land, with access granted by them on 12 weekends per year and other odd days. The

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