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Wild Camps & Other Walks |
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Illgill Head Wild Camp |
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9th-10th June 2023 |
| ASCENT: |
2,050 Feet - 762 Metres |
| MILES: |
10 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
2, Whin Rigg - Illgill Head |
| ROUTE: |
Irton Pike Car Park - Irton Fell - Top of Greathall Gill - Whin Rigg - Illgill Head - CAMP - Straighthead Gill - Brakenclose - Overbeck Bridge - Road Back to Greendale Junction |
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A Circuit of Bretherdale from Shap Road Summit |
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6th May 2023 |
| ASCENT: |
1,376 Feet - 419 Metres |
| MILES: |
8.6 |
| SUMMITS: |
6. Packhorse Hill - Clovenstone Hill - Dryside - Crag Hill - Thorny Bank - North Side |
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Shap Road Summit - Old Shap Road - Packhorse Hil - Old Shap Road - Dryside - Clovenstone Hill - Crag Hill - Round Hill - Knott Moss - Thorny Bank - North Side - Bretherdale Head - Breasthigh Beck - Breast High - Breasthigh Road - Crookdale Crag - Shap Road Summit |
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Evening Ride Out |
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18th April 2023 |
| ASCENT: |
630 Feet - 192 Metres |
| MILES: |
11 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N/A |
| ROUTE: |
Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Britannia Bridge - Rose Bridge - Top Lock - Haigh Hall Plantations - Haigh Hall - Pendlebury Lane - Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Haigh Hall Plantations - Whelley Loop Line - Leeds & Liverpool Canal |
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The Silva Lakes Traverse by Tim Oxburgh |
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1st April 2023 |
| ELEVATION: |
11,007 Feet - 3,354 Metres |
| MILES: |
62.26 |
| MOVING TIME: |
20 hours 43 minutes |
| AVERAGE PACE: |
19:58 /mi |
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Between the gloom an hour of sunshine |
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22nd January 2023 |
| ASCENT: |
N/A |
| MILES: |
2.6 |
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N/A |
| ROUTE: |
N/A |
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Local Autumn Dog walk |
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23rd October 2022 |
| ASCENT: |
N/A |
| MILES: |
2 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N/A |
| ROUTE: |
N/A |
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Crookdale Horseshoe Wild Camp |
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13th August 2022 |
| ASCENT: |
2,107 Feet - 642 Metres |
| MILES: |
11.5 |
| SUMMITS: |
9, Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - Grey Crag - Lord's Seat - Robin Hood - High House Bank |
| ROUTE: |
Shap Road Summit - Whatshaw Common - Little Yarlside - Great Yarlside - Harrop Pike - CAMP - Grey Crag - Bucks Crag - High House Head - Lord's Seat - Robin Hood - High House Bank - Crookdale Bridge - Shap Road Summit |
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Loadpot Hill Wild Camp |
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12th - 13th June 2021 |
| ASCENT: |
2,880 Feet - 878 Metres |
| MILES: |
15.9 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
4, Arthur's Pike - Bonscale Pike - Loadpot Hill - Wether Hill |
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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 |
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Wigan Golf Club from Worthington Lakes |
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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 |
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Haigh Hall Country Park |
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24th January 2021 |
| ASCENT: |
N/A |
| MILES: |
3 |
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N/A |
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Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Haigh Upper Plantations - Haigh Hall - Copperas Lane - New Lane - Leeds & Liverpool Canal |
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Wigan Pier Loop |
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23rd January 2021 |
| ASCENT: |
N/A |
| MILES: |
2 |
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N/A |
| ROUTE: |
Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Trencherfield Mill - Wigan Pier - Leeds & Liverpool Canal |
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Parbold Hill & Fairy Glen |
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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 |
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Local Lockdown Dog Walk |
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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 |
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Whinfell Ridge and the Borrowdale Valley |
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12th September 2020 |
| ASCENT: |
2,422 Feet - 738 Metres |
| MILES: |
11 |
| HOWGILLS & ADJOINING FELLS: |
7, Ashstead Fell - Mabbin Crag - Castle Fell - Whinfell Beacon - Grayrigg Forest - Grayrigg Pike - Birk Knott |
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Huck's Bridge - Ashstead Fell - Mabbin Crag - Castle Fell - Whinfell Beacon - Repeater Station - Grayrigg Forest - Grayrigg Pike - Little Coum - Birk Knott - Borrowdale Beck - Low Borrowdale - High Borrowdale - Huck's Bridge |
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An Evening walk around Wigan Flashes |
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20th April 2020 |
| ASCENT: |
Moss Bridge had some steps |
| MILES: |
2.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N\A |
| ROUTE: |
Westwood Flash - Pearson's Flash - Moss Bridge - Bryn Flash - Ochre Flash - Moss Bridge - Scotsman's Flash |
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A Three Sisters Circuit from home |
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15th April 2020 |
| ASCENT: |
200 Feet - 61 Metres |
| MILES: |
7.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N\A |
| ROUTE: |
Westwood Flash - Pearson's Flash - Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Moss Bridge - Ochre Flash - Park House Farm - Bryn Gates Lane - Three Sisters Boating Lake - Three Sisters Race Circuit - Bryn Gates Lane - Park House Farm - Moss Bridge - Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Pearson's Flash - Westwood Flash |
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A Walk around Whitehaven Harbour |
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29th September 2019 |
| ASCENT: |
N/A |
| MILES: |
About a mile |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N/A |
| ROUTE: |
Millennium Promenade - West Strand - West Pier - West Pier Lighthouse - The Candle Stick - Duke Pit Fan House - Old Quay - Lock Gates - North Pier - Millennium Promenade |
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A low level walk through Newlands from Portinscale |
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28th September 2019 |
| ASCENT: |
1,048 Feet - 320 Metres |
| MILES: |
8 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N/A |
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Portinscale - Ullock - Little Braithwaite Bridge - Newlands Beck - Stair - Rowling End Farm - Rigg Beck - Chapel Bridge - Little Town - Yewthwaite Comb - Skelgill - Cumbria Way - Fawe Park - Nichol End - Portinscale |
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Blown away on The Crookdale Horseshoe |
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21st March 2014 |
| ASCENT: |
2,877 Feet – 877 Meters |
| MILES: |
9.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
N/A |
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Hause Foot – Crookdale Bridge – High House Bank – Robin Hood – Lord’s Seat – Buck Crags – Harrop Pike – Great Yarlside – Wasdale Pike – Little Yarlside – Wasdale Mouth – Whatshaw Common – Crookdale Beck – Crookdale Bridge |
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Ben Nevis (Bienn Nibheis) |
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15th May 2010 |
| ASCENT: |
4,409 Ft 1,344 Mtrs |
| MILES: |
10.3 |
| MUNRO's |
1 Ben Nevis |
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Nine Standards Rigg |
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17th May 2009 |
| ASCENT: |
662 Metres 2171Ft |
| MILES: |
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| WAINWRIGHTS: |
0 |
| ROUTE: |
xxxx |
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