Patterdale Circuit. 2 days. 6 Wainwrights.

An overnight bus from London meant an early start on this two day hike, which included a rather chilly wild camp near Pooley Bridge. Low level fog and snow capped peaks gave us beautiful views on Sunday morning!

11th February 2012

Beda Fell & Hallin Fell

Beda Fell Summit

 Hallin Fell Summit

12th February 2012

Arthur's Pike, Bonscale Pike, Loadpot Hill & Steel Knotts

 View from Arthur's Pike

 Bonscale Pike, Summit & View

 Loadpot Hill and Steel Knotts' Summits

Number of Wainwright on this trip;
6
Charlie's Wainwright Total So Far;
52/214

Skiddaw Hause. 2 days, 9 Wainwrights

One night at Skiddaw Hause (best YHA I've ever had the pleasure to stay in) provided me with the perfect location to tackle Skiddaw and a few other fells along the way.

24th September 2011

Longscale Pike & Skiddaw Little Man

View from Lonscale & Summit of Skiddaw Little Man

25th September 2011

Great Calva, Bakestall, Skiddaw, Longside, Ulock Pike, Carl Side & Dodd

Sunrise on Great Calva

View from Bakestall & a cloud covered Skiddaw Summit

Longside with Ullock Pike in the background

Ullock Pike and Carl Side, Summit Cairns and Views

Dodd

Number of Wainwright on this trip;
9
Charlie's Wainwright Total So Far;
46/214

Keswick. 3 days, 9 Wainwrights.

Three days in Keswick with the H family resulted in a handful of beautiful Wainwrights and some great views despite rain on two out of the three days!

Climbed with: The H. Family 

28th May 2011
Catbells, Maiden Moor and High Spy

 View from Catbells

  

Looking back at Catbells from Maiden Moor (left) and Summit of High Spy (right) 

Castle Crag (the lowest Wainwright!).


29th May 2011
Latrigg, Walla Crag and Bleberry Fell

View of Keswick from Latrigg (left) and Walla Crag (right)

Bleaberry Fell

30th May 2011

Barf and Lord's Seat

Barf from Lord's Seat (left) & Lord's Seat Summit (right


Number of Wainwright on this trip;
9

Charlie's Wainwright Total So Far;
37/214

Grasmere. 4 days, 8 Wainwrights.

With a bonus day off work thanks to a Royal Wedding, Mel, Nick and I spent 3 nights at Grasmere YHA, and used this as our base for a long weekend of walking.

Climbed with: Mel & Nick
29th April 2011
Silver How

The Summit of Silver How, with some help from A.W.


30th April 2011
Dollywagon Pike, Helvellyn and Nethermost Pike

 

Dollywagon Pike (left) and Helvellyn (right)

  

Nethermost Pike

1st May 2011

Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Calf Crag and Steel Fell

 

Helm Crag

 

 Gibson Knott (left) and Calf Crag (right)

Steel Fell


Number of Wainwright on this trip;
8

Charlie's Wainwright Total So Far;
28/214

Windermere to Patterdale to Ambleside. 2 days, 11 Wainwrights

For this trip I took the train to Winderemere, and walked for 8 hours to Patterdale over 7 Wainwrights with stunning views and fantastic conditions. I spent the night at Patterdale YHA, enjoying the evening sun and local Ale.

The way back on Sunday took me 6 hours from Patterdale to Ambleside, but weather conditions were terrible (high winds and rain all day), so Sunday photos just show summit cairns!

Highlight of the weekend was Angletarn Pikes... it was my final summit of the day on Saturday, and I arrived at the same time as the best sunshine of the day!

17th July 2010
Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag,
High Street, The Knott and Angletran Pikes


From Yoke looking towards Ill Bell (left). The summit of Ill Bell (right)



Summits of Froswick and Thornthwaite Crag


High Street - Highest point of the day


The Knott & Angletarn Pikes (my highlight of the weekend)



18th July 2010
St. Sunday Crag, Fairfield, Hart Crag & Dove Crag


Poor conditions on St. Sunday Crag, Fairfield & Hart Crag


Dove Crag (Final summit of the Weekend)

Number of Wainwright on this trip;
11

Charlie's Wainwright Total So Far;
20/214

The Story So Far...

There are 214 mountains, hill and fells in the Lake District National Park which are described in A. Wainwright's series of Pictorial Guides to the Lakes. I plan to reach the summit of all 214!

I have been climbing mountains for a number of years now, and as such have spent many weekends in Snowdonia, the Peak District, the Brecon Beacons and Scotland, but relatively little time in the Lake District. Earlier this year I challenged myself to summit at least one mountain a month, which you can find out all about here;

http://mountainamonth.blogspot.com/

During this process I started to 'bag' a number of Wainwrights (adding to the few I had already done). In doing so, I discovered a real love for this part of the country, and started to think about becoming a Wainwright 'collector'. When I received the entire set of Pictorial Guides as a leaving present from my old job, the deal was done, and the challenge was set. I have created this blog to log my journey over, hopefully, all 214 summits! I have given myself no time limit, so I may complete this by the time I'm 29 or 109, time will tell!

As mentioned, I had already completed a number of Wainwrights before starting this blog.. so here is the story so far;

10th July 2007
Blencartha (Saddleback)
My first ever Wainwright! Climbed with Tam

Blencartha

15th & 16th February 2008
Harter Fell (Eskdale) & Dow Crag
Climbed with Rich

Rich on Harter Fell (left) and Summit of Dow Crag (right)

17th & 18th February 2010
Haystacks & Whiteless Pike
Climbed with Annika, Laura, Manu & Tam

On the summit of Haystacks (left) and Whiteless Pike (right)

27th and 28th March 2010
Low Pike, Red Screes & Loughrigg Fell
Climbed with Laura, Mel & Nick

Low Pike Summit & View

Red Screes (left) & Loughrigg (right)



30th May 2010
Scafell Pike
Climbed with Lettie

Scafell Pike



Charlie's Wainwright Total So Far;
9/214