Walking the Lake District Fells - Patterdale. Mark Richards

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26 Nethermost Pike

       27 Raise

       28 Red Screes

       29 Seat Sandal

       30 Sheffield Pike

       31 St Sunday Crag

       32 Stone Arthur

       33 Stybarrow Dodd

       34 Watson’s Dodd

       35 White Side

       RIDGE ROUTES

       1 Fairfield Horseshoe

       2 Helvellyn Skyline

       3 Great Dodd Ridgeway

       4 Deepdale and Dovedale Round

       Appendix A Useful contacts

       Appendix B A fellranger’s glossary

       Appendix C Alphabetical list of fells in the Fellranger series

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      Helvellyn seen from Hard Edge on Nethermost Pike

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      Looking to Little Hart Crag from Scandale Head

      This land of living dreams we call the Lake District is a cherished blessing to know, love and share. As we go about our daily routines, we may take a fleeting moment to reflect that someone, somewhere, will be tramping up a lonely gill or along an airy ridge, peering from a lofty summit or gazing across a wind-blown tarn and taking lingering solace from its timeless beauty. The trappings of modern life thrust carpet and concrete under our feet, and it is always wonderful to walk the region’s sheep trods and rough trails, and to imprint our soles upon the fells. This series sets out to give you the impetus and inspiration to make space in your schedule to explore them time and again, in myriad different ways.

      However, the regular paths of long tradition deserve our care. Progressively many of the main paths are being re-set with cobbles and pitching by organisations such as Fix the Fells, to whose work you have contributed by buying this guide. But in many instances, the best consideration we can give these pathways is rest. The modern fellwanderer should show a new ‘green’ awareness by choosing to tread lightly on the land and to find new ways around the hills. One of the underlying impulses of this guide is to protect these beloved fells by presenting a diversity of route options for each and every fell – and also, in this new edition, recommending ‘fell-friendly’ routes to each summit which are less susceptible to erosion.

      Another feature of this latest incarnation of Fellranger, apart from the smaller size to slip in your pocket or pack, is the addition of a selection of inspiring ridge routes at the end of each volume for those of you who like to spend a little longer with your head and feet in the heavenly realms, relishing the summit views and the connections between the felltops, as well as some accompanying online resources for readers with a digital bent.

      Mark Richards

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      The view into the gap from the top of the final tower on Striding Edge

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      Looking up Grisedale towards Nethermost Pike with St Sunday Crag looming on the left

      The area covered by this guide lies between the primary valley roads that strike through the heart of the Lake District linking Windermere, Keswick and Penrith – core corridors of travel, popular from the birth of tourism. Walks springboard from Rydal, Grasmere and, over Dunmail Raise, from Thirlmere and Threlkeld, at the far side of St John’s in the Vale. To the east, just below the A66, the area also takes in gentler fell country from Pooley Bridge to the foot of Ullswater and along its gracious shores by Glenridding and Patterdale, then over the wild passage of Kirkstone Pass and down by Stock Ghyll to Ambleside.

      The fells are held in tight rein between Ullswater and Thirlmere with deep sylvan valley approaches leading to impressive hanging valleys (coves) and soaring peaks (pikes). This extended family of fells running north by Fairfield and Helvellyn to Clough Head and sustaining the highest continuous ground in the National Park is the great focus of this guide. For the most scenic introduction to the massif, arrive from the northeast, along the shore of unparalleled Ullswater, taking time to stop, stare and anticipate some truly great fell days.

      Facilities

      Being right in the thick of the accessible scenic action has its upsides. No surprise that there is an abundance of luxury hotels, cosy B&Bs and self-catering cottages, as well as hostels and camp sites, all in close proximity to these fells. Your search engine will home in swiftly on the choice, as a first port of call the Visit Cumbria website www.visitcumbria.com (click Accommodation) is a reliable database.

      Getting around

      Year-round bus services ply the main roads giving added flexibility for route planning. Only the Kirkstone Rambler service from Bowness to Patterdale is necessarily seasonal – the narrow-walled road over the Kirkstone Pass is tough driving even for cars in summer, let alone buses. The 555 service runs at an almost-urban frequency on the southern and western side of the range, between Ambleside and Keswick, the Patterdale Rambler

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