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Winter Hill & Two Lads from Georges Lane

		17th October 2021
ASCENT:		680 Feet - 208 Metres
MILES:		5
SUMMITS:		Winter Hill - Two Lads
ROUTE:		Georges Lane - Rotary Way - Smithills Moor - Winter Hill - Rotary Way - Two Lads - Pike Cottage - Wilderswood - Georges Lane

Fairfield & Seat Sandal from Grasmere

		10th October 2021
ASCENT:		3,176 Feet - 968 Metres
MILES:		6.2
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Seat Sandal
ROUTE:		A591 - Greenhead Gill - Stone Arthur - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Grisedale Hause - Seat Sandal - Seat Sandal South Ridge - Tongue Gill - Mill Bridge - A591

Derwent Edge from Ladybower Reservoir

		8th October 2021
ASCENT:		1,380 Feet - 421 Metres
MILES:		9
SUMMITS:		Back Tor
ROUTE:		Fairholmes Car Park - Derwent Dam - Upper Derwent Reservoir - Abbey Tip Plantation - Abbey Bank - Bamford House - Lost Lad - Back Tor - Bradfield Gate Head - Cakes of Bread - Dovestone Tor - Salt Cellor - White Tor - Wheel Stones - Top of Grainfoot Clough - Grindle Clough - Ladybower Reservoir - Jubilee Cottages - Fairholmes Car Park

Mam Tor, Edale & Rushup Edge

		3rd October 2021
ASCENT:		1,413 Feet - 430 Metres
MILES:		6.3
SUMMITS:		2, Mam Tor - Lord's Seat
ROUTE:		Mam Tor National Trust Car Park - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - Hollins - Edale Road - Barber Booth - Chapel Gate (track) Rushup Edge - Lord's Seat - Mam Tor National Trust Car Park

Evening ride out

		23rd September 2021
ASCENT:		1,893 Feet - 578 Metres
MILES:		10.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Britannia Bridge - Rose Bridge - Top Lock - Haigh Hall Plantations - Haigh Hall - School Lane - Pendlebury Lane - Top Lock - Rose Bridge - Britannia Bridge - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Crinkle Crags via Hell Gill

		20th September 2021
ASCENT:		3,016 Feet - 919 Metres
MILES:		11
WAINWRIGHTS:		Crinkle Crags
ROUTE:		Rossett Bridge - Stool End Farm - Oxendale Beck - Hell Gill - Buscoe Sike - Three Tarns - Shelter Crags - Crinkle Crags - Stonesty Pike - Little Stand - Great Knott - Red Tarn (Langdale) - Brown Howe - Oxendale - Oxendale Beck - Stool End Farm - Rossett Bridge

Place Fell from Matindale New Church

		11th September 2021
ASCENT:		1,714 Feet - 523 Metres ,
MILES:		6
WAINWRIGHTS:		Place Fell
ROUTE:		Martindale New Church - Boredale - Boredale Hause - Round How - Place Fell - Low Moss - Boredale Beck - Garth Heads - Martindale New Church

Blencathra via Hall's Fell Ridge

		5th September 2021
ASCENT:		1,893 Feet - 578 Metres
MILES:		4
WAINWRIGHTS:		Blencathra
ROUTE:		Threlkeld - Gategill Farm - Hall's Fell Ridge - Hall's Fell Top (Blencathra) - Gategill Fell Top - Gategill Fell - Knott Halloo - Threlkeld

Grisedale Pike via Coledale

		29th August 2021
ASCENT:		2,403 Feet - 733 Meters
MILES:		6.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		Grisedale Pike
ROUTE:		Whinlatter Pass - Coledale - Force Crag Mine - Coledale Hause - Hobcarton Head - Grisedale Pike - Sleet How - Kin - Whinlatter Pass

Evening ride out

		26th August 2021
ASCENT:		1,893 Feet - 578 Metres
MILES:		10.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Britannia Bridge - Rose Bridge - Top Lock - Haigh Hall Plantations - Haigh Hall - School Lane - Pendlebury Lane - Top Lock - Rose Bridge - Britannia Bridge - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Kinder Scout & Kinder Downfall from Edale

		20th August 2021
ASCENT:		1,893 Feet - 578 Metres
MILES:		11
SUMMITS:		Kinder Scout
ROUTE:		Edale - Grinds Brook - Heardman's Plantation - Grindsbrook Clough - Crowden Brook - Crowden Tower - Wool Packs - Pym Chair - Noe Stool - Kinder Low - Pennine Way - Kinder Downfall - Kinder Gates - Kinder Scout - Crowden Brook - Grindslow Knoll - Grindbrook Booth - Edale

High Street, Mardale Ill Bell East Ridge

		14th August 2021
ASCENT:		2,159 Feet - 659 Metres
MILES:		5.7
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, High Street - Mardale Ill Bell
ROUTE:		Mardale Head - The Rigg - Rough Crag - High Street - Mardale Ill Bell - Piot Crag - Small Water Beck - Mardale Head

Between the downpours, Winter Hill from Georges Lane

		31st July 2021
ASCENT:		658 Feet - 201 Metres
MILES:		5
SUMMITS:		Winter Hill
ROUTE:		Georges Lane - Rotary Way Transmitter Station - Winter Hill - Transmitter Station - Rotary Way - Georges Lane

Evening bike ride to Haigh Hall & back

		31st July 2021
ASCENT:		634 Feet - 193 Metres
MILES:		10.6
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Britannia Bridge - Rose Bridge - Top Lock - Haigh Hall Plantations - Haigh Hall - School Lane - Pendlebury Lane - Top Lock - Rose Bridge - Britannia Bridge - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Whatshaw Common to Seat Robert

		31st July 2021
ASCENT:		2,000 Feet - 610 Metres
MILES:		12.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Tarn Crag (Longsleddale) - Grey Crag
ROUTE:		A6 Shap Road Summit - Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - Grey Crag - Greycrag Tarn - Tarn Crag - Mosedale Cottage - Mosedale Beck - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe - Seat Robert - Sleddale Hall - Wet Sleddale Reservoir

Local bike ride to Haigh Hall & back

		20th July 2021
ASCENT:		445 Feet - 135 Metres
MILES:		10
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Britannia Bridge - Rose Bridge - Top Lock - Haigh Hall Plantations - Haigh Hall - Haigh Hall Plantations - Top Lock - Rose Bridge - Britannia Bridge - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Hard Knott, Cam Spout Crag & Slight Side from Jubilee Bridge

		17th July 2021
ASCENT:		3,578 Feet - 1,091 Metres
MILES:		10
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Hard Knott - Slight Side
ROUTE:		Jubilee Bridge - Hard Knott Pass - Hardknott Roman Fort - Border End - Hard Knott - Yew Bank - Lingcove Beck - Great Moss - River Esk - Cam Spout - How Beck - Cam Spout North Ridge - Cam Spout Crag - Long Green - Slight Side - Traverse Below Horn Crag - High Scarth Crag - Scale Bridge - Taw House - Brotherilkeld - Jubilee Bridge

Rossett Pike from Stonethwaite

		10th July 2021
ASCENT:		2,316 Feet 706 Metres
MILES:		12.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		Rossett Pike
ROUTE:		Stonethwaite - Langstrath - Blea Rock - Blackmoss Pot - Stake Pass - Rossett Pike - Angle Tarn - Angletarn Gill - Langstrath - Tray Dub - Blackmoss Pot - Stonethwaite Campsite - Stonethwaite

Red Pike Direct

		2nd July 2021
ASCENT:		3,796 Feet - 1,157 Metres
MILES:		8.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Red Pike (Wasdale) - Steeple - Scoat Fell - Pillar
ROUTE:		Wasdale Head - Mosedale - Mosedale Beck - Y Boulder - Low Red Pike - Red Pike - Steeple - Scoat Fell - Black Crag - Wind Gap - Pillar - Looking Stead - Top of Black Sail Pass - Gatherstone Beck - Mosedale - Wasdale Head

Walking the Birketts, Over Clough Head to Great Dodd

		19th June 2021
ASCENT:		2,959 Feet - 902 Metres
MILES:		8
BIRKETTS:		6, Threlkeld Knotts - Clough Head - Calfhow Pike - Little Dodd - Great Dodd - Randerside
ROUTE:		Wanthwaite - Old Coach Road - Wanthwaite Bank - Threlkeld Knotts - Clough Head - Calfhow Pike - Little Dodd - Great Dodd - Randerside - Matterdale Common - Wolf Crags - Old Coach Road

Loadpot Hill Wild Camp

		12th - 13th June 2021
ASCENT:		2,880 Feet - 878 Metres
MILES:		15.9
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Arthur's Pike - Bonscale Pike - Loadpot Hill - Wether Hill
ROUTE:		Askham – Askham Fell - The Cockpit - Barton Fell - Arthur’s Pike – Swarth Beck - Boncale Pike – Loadpot Hill CAMP – Wether hill – Gowk Hill - Fusedale - Mellguards – Path Below Bonscale Pike – The Cockpit - Heughscar Hill – Askham

Helvellyn via Nethermost Pike East Ridge

		4th June 2021
ASCENT:		3,227 Feet - 984 Metres
MILES:		8
WAINWRIGHTS:		3, Nethermost Pike - Helvellyn - Catstye Cam
ROUTE:		Patterdale - Grisedale Lane - Grisedale - Nethermostcove Beck - Nethermost Pike East Ridge - Nethermost Pike - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstye Cam - Red Tarn (Helvellyn) - Hole-in-the-Wall - Grisedale - Grisedale Lane - Patterdale

Fleetwith Pike Sunset

		2nd June 2021
ASCENT:		1,160 Feet - 354 Metres
MILES:		4
WAINWRIGHTS:		Fleetwith Pike
ROUTE:		Honister Pass - Honister Mine - Mine Track - Black Star (Honister Crag) - Fleetwith Pike - Mine Track - Honister Mine - Honister Pass

Seatallan & Outliers

		1st June 2021
ASCENT:		3,760 Feet - 1,147 Metres
MILES:		11.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, Middle Fell - Seatallan - Caw Fell - Haycock
ROUTE:		Wast Water - Greendale - Greendale Gill - Middle Fell - Seatallan - Potts of Ashness - Brown Band - Caw Fell - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock -Nether Beck - Netherbeck Bridge - Wast Water

Winter Hill via Counting Hill

		16th May 2021
ASCENT:		800 Feet - 244 Metres
MILES:		7.2
SUMMITS:		3, Counting Hill - Winter Hill - Two Lads
ROUTE:		Colliers Row Road - Coal Pit Lane - Dean Mills Reservoir - Counting Hill - Winter Hill - Rotary Way - Two Lads - Rotary Way - Holden's Plantation - Holdens Farm - Coal Pit Lane - Coliers Row Road

Blencathra Sunset

		7th May 2021
ASCENT:		2,144 Feet - 653 Metres
MILES:		5
WAINWRIGHTS:		Blencathra
ROUTE:		Scales - Mousthwaite Comb - Scales Beck - Scales Tarn - Blencathra - Doddick Fell - Scales Fell - Scales

The Buttermere Horseshoe

		5th May 2021
ASCENT:		6,047 Feet - 1,844 Metres
MILES:		14
WAINWRIGHTS:		8, Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag - Hay Stacks - Fleetwith Pike - Dale Head - Hindscarth - Robinson
ROUTE:		Newlands Pass - Buttermere - Old Burtness - Bleaberry Tarn - The Saddle - Red Pike (Buttermere) Top of Chapel Crags - High Stile - High Crag - Gamlin End - Seat - Top of Scarth Gap Pass - Hay Stacks - Innominate Tarn - Black Beck Tarn - Dubs Hut - Fleetwith Pike - Black Star - Honister Mine - Yewcrag Quarries - Dale Head - Hindscarth Edge - Hindscarth - Littledale Edge - Robinson - Buttermere Moss on High Snockrigg - Newlands Pass

A Round of Marchlyn Mawr

		25th April 2021
ASCENT:		2,116 Feet - 645 Metres
MILES:		6
SUMMITS:		3, Elidir Fawr - Mynydd Peredd - Carnedd y Filiast
ROUTE:		Access Road Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir - Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir - Elidir Fawr North Ridge - Elidir Fawr - Bwlch y Marchlyn - Mynydd Perfedd - Carnedd y Filiast - Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir - Access Road Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir

Three men and a Whippet

		11th April 2021
ASCENT:		1,711 Feet - 521 Metres
MILES:		6.4
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Carrock Fell - High Pike (Caldbeck)
ROUTE:		Apronful of Stones - Further Gill Syke - Carrock Fell - Round Knott - Miton Hill - Drygill Head - High Pike (Caldbeck) - West Fell - Carrock Beck - Apronful of Stones

High Street, Thornthwaite Crag & Pasture Bottom from Hartsop

		11th April 2021
ASCENT:		2,619 Feet - 798 Metres
MILES:		8
WAINWRIGHTS:		4, The Knott - High Street - Mardale III Bell - Thornthwaite Crag -
ROUTE:		Hartsop - Hayeswater Gill - The Knott - Straights of Riggindale - High Street - Mardale III Bell - Top of Hall Cove - Thornthwaite Crag - Thresthwaite Mouth - Pasture Bottom - Pasture Beck - Hartsop

Around Wigan Flashes

		5th April 2021
ASCENT:		N/A
MILES:		4
SUMMITS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Westwood Flash - Pearson's Flash - Turner's Flash - Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Bryn Flash - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Parbold & Back

		4th April 2021
ASCENT:		330 Feet - 100 Metres
MILES:		16.5
SUMMITS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Wigan Pier - Martland Mill - Crook - Gathurst - Appley Bridge - Parbold (Return Home Using Same Route)

Scafell Pike and Lingmell from Wasdale Head

		2nd April 2021
ASCENT:		3,804 Feet - 1,160 Metres
MILES:		6
WAINWRIGHTS:		2, Scafell Pike - Lingmell
ROUTE:		Wasdale Head - Down-in-the-Dale - Lingmell Beck - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - Lingmell Col - Lingmell - Lingmell Crag - Goat Crags - Down-in-the-Dale - Lingmell Beck - Wasdale Head

Winter Hill

		1st April 2021
ASCENT:		921 Feet - 280 Metres
MILES:		6
SUMMITS:		Winter Hill
ROUTE:		Georges Lane - Rotary Way - Winter Hill - Belmont Road (Track) - Pike Cottage - Wilderswood - Georges Lane

Winter Hill, Two Lads & Rivington Pike Sunset

		21st March 2021
ASCENT:		880 Feet - 268 Metres
MILES:		6.6
SUMMITS:		3, Winter Hill - Two Lads - Rivington Pike
ROUTE:		Georges Lane - Rotary Way - Winter Hill - Rotary Way - Two Lads - Crooked Edge Hill - Pike Cottage - Rivington Pike - Pike Cottage - Wilderswood - Georges Lane

Winter Hill via Counting Hill

		11th March 2021
ASCENT:		800 Feet - 244 Metres
MILES:		7.2
SUMMITS:		2, Counting Hill - Winter Hill - Two Lads
ROUTE:		Colliers Row Road - Coal Pit Lane - Dean Mills Reservoir - Counting Hill - Winter Hill - Rotary Way - Two Lads - Rotary Way - Holden's Plantation - Holdens Farm - Coal Pit Lane - Coliers Row Road

Winter Hill via Counting Hill

		28th February 2021
ASCENT:		776 Feet - 237 Metres
MILES:		7.3
SUMMITS:		2, Counting Hill - Winter Hill
ROUTE:		Colliers Row Road - Coal Pit Lane - Dean Mills Reservoir - Counting Hill - Winter Hill - Rotary Way - Smithills Moor - Coal Pit Lane - Colliers Row Road

Winter Hill, Two Lads & Rivington Pike Sunset

		22nd February 2021
ASCENT:		880 Feet - 268 Metres
MILES:		6.6
SUMMITS:		3, Winter Hill - Two Lads - Rivington Pike
ROUTE:		Georges Lane - Rotary Way - Winter Hill - Rotary Way - Two Lads - Crooked Edge Hill - Pike Cottage - Rivington Pike - Pike Cottage - Wilderswood - Georges Lane

Great Hill & Spitlers Edge

		13th February 2021
ASCENT:		880 Feet - 268 Metres
MILES:		8
SUMMITS:		Great Hill - Spitlers Edge
ROUTE:		High Brow - Belmont - Belmont Reservoir - Witton Weavers Way - Catherine Edge - A675 - Adam's Delf - Great Hill - Redmond's Edge - Spitlers Edge - Hordern Pasture - Rivington Road - High Brow

Wigan Golf Club from Worthington Lakes

		30th January 2021
ASCENT:		155 Feet - 48 Metres
MILES:		2.5
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Worthington Lakes - Arley Wood - Wigan Golf Club - Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Wigan Golf Club - Arley Wood - Worthington Lakes

Haigh Hall Country Park

		24th January 2021
ASCENT:		N/A
MILES:		3
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Haigh Upper Plantations - Haigh Hall - Copperas Lane - New Lane - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Wigan Pier Loop

		23rd January 2021
ASCENT:		N/A
MILES:		2
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Trencherfield Mill - Wigan Pier - Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Parbold Hill & Fairy Glen

		22nd January 2021
ASCENT:		456 Feet - 140 Metres
MILES:		4
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Parbold Hill - High Moor - Bowling Green House Farm - Parbold Hill - A5209 - Wood Lane - Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Gillbrand House - Delf House Wood - Fairy Glen - Parbold Hill

Local Lockdown Dog Walk

		9th January 2021
ASCENT:		Moss Bridge had some steps
MILES:		2.3
WAINWRIGHTS:		N/A
ROUTE:		Westwood Flash - Pearson's Flash - Moss Bridge - Bryn Flash - Moss Bridge - Scotsman's Flash

A Winter Hill Round

		7th January 2021
ASCENT:		874 Feet - 266 Metres
MILES:		6.5
SUMMITS:		Two Lads - Winter Hill - Noon Hill - Rivington Pike
ROUTE:		Georges Lane - Wilderswood - Pike Cottage - Crooked Edge Hill - Two Lads - Rotary Lane - Winter Hill - Noon Hill - Belmont Lane (track) - Pigeon Tower - Rivington Pike - Pike Cottage - Wilderswood - Georges Lane

Rivington Pike and Winter Hill Loop

		2nd January 2021
ASCENT:		1,018 Feet - 311 Metres
MILES:		5.2
SUMMITS:		Rivington Pike - Winter Hill - Noon Hill
ROUTE:		Lower House Car Park - Pigeon Tower - Pike Cottage - Two Lads - Rotary Way - Transmitter Station - Winter Hill - Noon Hill - Belmont Road - Pigeon Tower - Lower House Car Park