Parking in the lay-by at Threlkeld Bridge

 GR NY 316 248 

Refreshments afterwards at Basecamp North Lakes Farm Shop.

Parking for the walk is the large pull in on the A 591 at Townhead , just before the Travellers Rest inn
We cross the road and head for Greenburn  to make the steep but relatively easy climb up to Steel Fell, the highest point on the walk. We follow high ground then descend to cross a potentially boggy  area  before a short climb onto Calf Crag, After a welcome lunch break we follow the broad ridge over Gibson Knott and descend to Bracken Hause.
There is an option to make the short climb onto Helm Crag and claim a fourth Wainwright  or we can descend the zig zags to Greenburn and return to the cars,
Not a particularly difficult round with a few ups and downs but with the potential for wet feet!

Ian

We will park at Underskiddaw car park at the end of gale road, past the Underscar manor hotel.
What 3 words.  ///latches.diets.gadgets
Walking past the shepherds memorial and the usual Herdies, we will take the popular zig zag path leading us up to skiddaw little man, at a not so little 865m. The climb is long, steep, steady and relentless, but these are good clear paths.
We can admire the view (hopefully) at the top and have a banana break here.

After a rest we make our way onto our second wainwright of the day Skiddaw at 931m. This is the 4th highest mountain in the Lake District. On a clear day, if we are lucky, you should be able to appreciate good views for miles. At the top we will find a good spot for lunch.

We will make our way back down the same way, except skirt around the north of little man. If the weather holds out we will continue on north east towards Lonscale fell at 715m, our 3rd and last wainwright of the day. It can be a bit muddy/ boggy around this area.
We will then retrace our steps and head down the valley back towards the cars with views of Keswick and Derwent water in the distance.
No scrambling, well defined route. Good hike in most weathers.
Don’t miss out, see you there.

Astrid

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This walk visits 2 of the best sites on Hadrians Wall – Birdoswald Fort and Milestone Castle 48.

From the car park we follow the footpath across the field towards the railway line where we turn left to visit Milestone Castle 48. The next path is the old corpse road which roughly follows the course of Poltross Burn.  From Shawfield we have 1.5 miles along the quiet roads to Chapleburn calling at the Church before crossing the footbridge over the Irthing.  Our ascent out from Lanerton Farm will meet up with the Hadrians Wall path.  From here we will then follow the Hadrians Wall path back to Birdoswald and then on to Gilsland.

We have walked many times from Gilsland – but this adds in different paths to those previous followed.

House of Meg and Birdoswald sadly closed on Wednesdays so Hayton Farm shop possible coffee stop.

Hope you can make it.

Carol and Lynda.

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Parking in Glenridding where it is a pay and display. We will head via Lantys Tarn and take the path that gets us to the Hole in the Wall at the approach to Striding Edge. Could be lunch🍱 while watching the weekend hoards heading off up the edge.We cut across to Red Tarn Beck taking the path up to Catstycam (890m). We come back to the tarn then go along the path by the wall in a North Easterly direction. We take a very short detour to take in Birkhouse Moor before heading back down into Glenridding. Two Wainwrights on good paths with no scrambling. Catstycam is a big hill but the walk should be a doddle if you did the Crag Hill walk with a promise to get you back before dark.🌄

Be there or be Square.
Pete

Parking at Honister slate mine £5 for all day, the walk begins steep towards the first wainwright grey knotts then its gradual to the next two wainwrights we then descend to windy gap and then a short scramble to great gable, then it’s back to windy gap and down alongside the previous wainwrights.