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Lake District Guided Walks 2008 To secure a place on a walk please book in advance. Most walks are on a Saturday or Sunday, circular, starting and finishing at the meeting point and cost £15 per person. Please check booking conditions and recommended equipment. Times for the walks exclude stops for food and drink. Saturday 23rd February 2008: Tarn Hows and Little Langdale We start by walking around Tarn Hows, then follow a path to Little Langadle and Slater's Bridge, climbing over Holme Fell before ending back at Tarn Hows Grade: - Easy to Moderate Length: - 12 km (7.5 miles) Ascent: - 500 metres (1,625 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Tarn Hows car park (NY 326995) 9:30am - map Saturday 22nd March 2008: Wetherlam and Black Sails We ascend above Tilberthwaite Gill passing the old mine workings, follow a route to the top of Wetherlam, cross over to Black Sails and descending a quiet ridge to Coppermines Valley before looping back over to Tilberthwaite Grade: - Moderate/Strenuous Length: - 11km (7 miles) Ascent: - 880 metres (2,860 feet) Time: - 5½ hours excluding stops Meet: - Tilberthwaite car park (NY 306010) 9:30am - map Wednesday 9th April 2008: Tarn Hows, Monk Coniston and Black Crag A circular walk through the picturesque landscape of Monk Coniston Estate visiting the Gazebo, walled garden and Tarn Hows, before climbing to the top of Black Crag with spectacular views Grade: - Easy to Moderate Length: - 12 km (7.5 miles) Ascent: - 480 metres (1,560 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Tarn Hows car park (NY 326995) 9:30am - map Saturday 12th April 2008: Easedale and Blea Rigg A delightful popular walk following Easedale Beck up to Easedale Tarn, Codale Tarn and the main ridge. From here we follow the ridge past several rocky outcrops back to Grasmere Grade: - Moderate Length: - 11 km (7 miles) Ascent: - 640 metres (2,080 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Red Lion, Grasmere (NY 336075) 9:30am - map Sunday 13th April 2008: Crinkle Crags Leaving the Old Dungeon Ghyll, we follow the path into Oxendale and a steep ascent to Great Knott. From here we follow the Crinkle Crag ridge for some way passing 5 crinkles (crags) before descending The Band back to the car park Grade: - Strenuous Length: - 11 km (7 miles) Ascent: - 830 metres (2,700 feet) Time: - 6 hours excluding stops Meet: - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel car park, Great Langdale (NY 286061) 9:30am - map 14th - 16th April 2008: Walking based at Linthwaite House Hotel One to three days moderate walking. For further details click here Saturday 26th April 2008: Pike of Blisco and Blake Rigg We start by passing Blea Tarn and the popular photographed view of the Langdale Pikes before climbing Blake Rigg with its many small tarns. Then on to Pike of Blisco before descending to Wrynose Pass and walking back to the car park Grade: - Moderate/Strenuous Length: - 9 km (6 miles) Ascent: - 665 metres (2,160 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Blea Tarn car park (NY 295043) 9:30am - map Tuesday 6th May 2008: Slater's Bridge, waterfalls and caverns From Elterwater we follow the river to Skelwith Bridge, cross, and head towards Colwith Force waterfall and Slaters Bridge viewing Cathedral Cavern on the way, before crossing back to Elterwater Grade: - Easy/Moderate Length: - 12 km (7.5 miles) Ascent: - 420 metres (1,365 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Elterwater (NT) car park (NY 328047) 9:30am - map Sunday 18th May 2008: Place Fell From Patterdale we climb to Boredale Hause, over Place Fell with stunning views of Ullswater, returning to Patterdale along the shores of the lake Grade: - Moderate Length: - 13 km (8 miles) Ascent: - 665 metres (2,160 feet) Time: - 6 hours excluding stops Meet: - Car parking in Patterdale (NY 394160) 9:30am - map 19th - 22nd May 2008: Spring walk based at Linthwaite House Hotel One to four days of easy to moderate walking visiting areas where the delights of nature in Spring can be enjoyed. For further details click here Saturday 21st June 2008: High Rigg, St. John's in the Vale An easy walk over a delightful, small and often overlooked fell, with good views all round. We pass the remote church at St. John's in the Vale and a lovely tarn, before heading through the valley back to the start Grade: - Easy/Moderate Length: - 11 km (7 miles) Ascent: - 480 metres (1,560 feet) Time: - 4½ hours excluding stops Meet: - Car parking, just off A591, Legburthwaite (NY 316195) 9:30am - map Sunday 22nd June 2008: Fairfield and St Sunday Crag An alternative route to the top of the popular peak of Fairfield, including a fine ridge walk crossing St. Sunday Crag with views of Striding Edge and Helvellyn. From the top we follow the path past Grisedale Tarn descending into Patterdale Grade: - Strenuous Length: - 14.5 km (9 miles) Ascent: - 970 metres (3,1500 feet) Time: - 7 hours excluding stops Meet: - Car parking in Patterdale (NY 394160) 9:30am - map Sunday 13th July 2008: Scafell Pike from the Corridor Route A demanding route to the summit of England's highest mountain this is the best circular walk to get to the top with wonderful views among stunning rock scenery Grade: - Strenuous Length: - 13.5 km (9 miles) Ascent: - 970 metres (3,150 feet) Time: - 7+ hours excluding stops Meet: - Car parking near Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (NY 235122) 9:30am - map Sunday 3rd August 2008: Helvellyn We start by following Helvellyn Gill up past Browncove Crags to the summit of Helvellyn, descending via White Side to look at the waterfalls in Fisherplace Gill before returning to the car park Grade: - Strenuous Length: - 9.75 km (6 miles) Ascent: - 925 metres (3,005 feet) Time: - 5½ hours excluding stops Meet: - Swirls car park by Thirlmere on A591 (NY 315170) 9:30am - map Saturday 16th August 2008: Angle Tarn Pikes and Hartsop A steady climb up to Boredale Hause continuing up to the beautiful setting of Angle Tarn, before descending to Hayeswater and following the stream back into Hartsop Grade: - Moderate Length: - 11 km (7 miles) Ascent: - 580 metres (1,885 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Cow Bridge car park, near Brothers Water (NY 402133) 9:30am - map Saturday 30th August 2008: Lingmoor From the pretty village of Elterwater we ascend gradually to the top of Lingmoor. Then cross country to the delightful setting of Lingmoor Tarn, down past Side Pike into Great Langdale returning via The Cumbria Way to the start Grade: - Moderate Length: - 11 km (7 miles) Ascent: - 590 metres (1,920 feet) Time: - 5 hours excluding stops Meet: - Elterwater car park (NY 328047) 9:30am - map Sunday 31st August 2008: Old Man of Coniston and Boulder Valley We take a less well known scenic route to the summit of the Old Man of Coniston, follow the ridge to Swirl How, descending steeply to Levers Water before walking through boulder valley back to the car park Grade: - Strenuous Length: - 10,5 km (6.5 miles) Ascent: - 770 metres (2,500 feet) Time: - 5½ hours excluding stops Meet: - Walna Scar car park, Coniston (SD 289970) 9:30am - map
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