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Informationen zum Autor Mark Richards' transition from full-time farmer to full-time outdoor writer has been a gradual one. In 1973, with the direct encouragement of Alfred Wainwright, he wrote his first walking guide to the Cotswold Way. Since then he has indulged his pleasure in exploring rural Britain by creating a range of walking guides. In 1980 he began his three-part guide to the Peak District for Cicerone Press, and in 1987, with Chris Wright, wrote a guide to walking around the former county of Westmorland. This book sowed the seeds of a dream, to be fulfilled some 14 years later, when he and his wife moved to Cumbria. Here he developed a passion for the finest of all walking landscapes, held within and around this marvellous county. Mark has written a Cicerone guide to Great Mountain Days in the Lake District and, after many years of dedicated research, completed his Lakeland Fellranger series of eight guides covering the entire region in 2013. Now living in what was once the Barony of Gilsland, Mark is also close to Hadrian's Wall, enabling him to renew a fascination first kindled when he prepared a guide to walking the Wall in 1993. He has also published a guide to the Wall for Cicerone. Klappentext Large-format guidebook describing 50 walks in the mountains of the Lake District. Ranging from 5 to 10 hours and from 6 to 21km (4-13 miles), the hikes call for hillwalking experience and a good level of fitness. All of the popular fells are covered, via a mixture of classic and less well-known routes. Clear route description alongside 1:40,000 HARVEY mapping and hand-drawn illustrations Includes ascents of Scafell Pike and Helvellyn, as well as other favourites such as Catbells, Coniston Old Man, Great Gable, Pillar and the Langdale Pikes The Fairfield, Mosedale, Newlands and Coledale Horseshoes Easy access from Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick and Coniston Optional low-grade scrambling on some routes Information on parking and after-walk refreshment Zusammenfassung The best days out in the Lake District mountains, including Scafell Pike, Fairfield, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, and Blencathra and other lesser-known but wonderful Lake District mountain walks. Each route offers a Great Mountain Day, a challenging walk exploring the beauty of the Lake District. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington Preface Introduction About the guide Caring for the fells Fix the Fells Weather to walk? Before you start The Routes 1 Lingmoor Fell 2 Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle 3 Loft Crag and Pike o'Stickle 4 Bowfell and Rossett Pike 5 Pike o'Blisco and Crinkle Crags 6 Wetherlam 7 Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man 8 Dow Crag! Brim Fell! Swirl How and Grey Friar 9 Black Combe 10 Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Hard Knott 11 Scafell Pike and Esk Pike 12 Scafell and Slight Side 13 Illgill Head and Whin Rigg 14 Great End! Scafell Pike and Lingmell 15 Pillar! Scoat Fell! Red Pike and Yewbarrow 16 Kirk Fell and Great Gable 17 Buckbarrow! Seatallan and Middle Fell 18 Crag Fell! Caw Fell and Haycock 19 Steeple! Scoat Fell and Pillar 20 Mellbreak 21 Whiteside! Hopegill Head! Grasmoor! Wandope! Whiteless Pike and Rannerside Knotts 22 High Crag! High Stile and Red Pike 23 Haystacks 24 Fleetwith Pike! Dale Head! Hindscarth and Robinson 25 Green Gable and Great Gable 26 Rosthwaite Fell and Glaramara 27 Eagle Crag! Sergeant's Crag! High Raise and Ullscarf 28 High Spy! King's How and Brund Fell 29 Catbells! Maiden Moor! High Spy! Dale Head and Hindscarth 30 Robinson! Knott Rigg and Ard Crags 31 Grisedale Pike! Hopegill Head! Eel Crag! Sail! Outerside and Barrow 32 Ullock Pike! Long Side! Carl Side! Skiddaw Li...
