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  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194 Participant
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    edited November 2019 #30452

    It was a regularly visited area when the kids were kids laughing We used to go hill walking with the youngest in a sling and I suppose the eldest was about 10. We had been several times before from when we just had the one about 5 years old at a guess. I can remember one session when eldest was about 9 we walked about 14 miles (down hill on the way back). I can remember racing the the eldest the last few hundred yards to where the car was parked. No car! The question was is the car 400 yards to left or 400 yds to the right. Or maybe less or maybe more but how far should I go in either direction. I decided that as my dead reckoning was not spot on we would wait a while. Cue a tractor driver who I flagged down. Had he seen a purple HB viva with imitation black vinyl roof? Yep 50 yds back with twin driving lights and he had paused to admire it and the rally seats. surprised

  • milliehull
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    edited November 2019 #30453

    No  I admit we didnt do Striding Edge.I have no head for that! We went up from the Windermere side. It is some years since we have been to the Kirkston Pass Inn. Is the parrot still there? We like the Mortal Man pub as well.

    Gosh I admire your son and his girlfriend's stamina Helen 😱

    We have 9 year old grand-daughter staying overnight tonight. Great to spend time with her so I shall sign off now.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #30454

    This is not fair!!! Stop it you lot. No more Lake District. Corners will understand.

    Let's get back to Arthritis or flu jabs. You know, normal unhealthy things.

    (Gosh I do miss sitting with our legs dangling over Striding Edge whilst eating our butties. Those were the young reckless days).smile

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 Participant
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    edited November 2019 #30455

    As I've said before my Dad's cap must be fossilised somewhere  up on Striding Edge, the only member of our family who managed to teeter across. wink

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 Participant
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    edited November 2019 #30456

    We managed to stuff ourselves with a very nice afternoon tea today, courtesy of our son and family. In fact whilst others asked for boxes for their cakes the Brues turned into good trencherman and ate the lot...but don't mention cakes till tomorrow please! 🍨🍩🍰

  • Cornersteady
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    edited November 2019 #30457

    If it's any consolation:

    It rained all day todayundecided

    I had to go to the Lakeland (plastics) shop in Windermere.undecidedundecided

    Then wandering around Ambleside even wandering into a shop that sold sheepskin rugs undecidedundecidedundecided

     

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #30458

    Our last night here before we head up to Leyburn. It looks as if I'll have to searching our a dentist while we are there as one of my fillings fell out this evening.

    Nellie, Denplan arranged our appointment and found a nearby dentist for Mrs WN. Get them to do the running around.

    Burton Agnes is a nice place. We enjoyed it.

    Hope the trip went well. 

     

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30459

    Moving on, what are folks favourite spots in The Lakes? (πŸ˜€) It’s The Langdales for me πŸ™‚

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #30460

    You can't really complain too much.smile How much longer are you there for?

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #30461

    How do you dislike a quote?undecidedsmile

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30462

    πŸ˜„ Sorry, I couldn’t resist...

  • moulesy
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    edited November 2019 #30463

    So many to choose from.  In the southern lakes we like the village of Troutbeck, between Windermere and Ullswater - great walking from there including over into the more remote Kentmere Valley. In the northern lakes, either Threlkeld just south of Keswick or Braithwaite just north. Anywhere that we can walk straight from the doorstep really! smile

  • Cornersteady
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    edited November 2019 #30464

    The Sherpa and base camp cook are going home Sunday evening, confidentially and just between  you and me they're not really up to the job.

    I'm  booked in till Tuesday but may extend. I want to explore Trusmador (sounds exciting) and the other Sca fell.

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30465

    There’s just something magical about The Langdales, for me...

     

     

  • Cornersteady
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    edited November 2019 #30466

    For me it's always been the north western fells and my favourites are in the Coledale horseshoe. With Causey Pike as the best there.

    Favourite mountain though is Helvellyn.

    Least favourite is Scafell pike, far too many stones on the top.

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30467

    β€œmy favourites are in the Coledale horseshoe. With Causey Pike as the best there.”

    Noted πŸ‘ Regarding Scafell Pike, Crinkle Crags was like that (stoney), great walk though. That said, β€˜Bad Step’ (descending) was a bit worrying 😧

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 14,672
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    edited November 2019 #30468

    There are plenty of ways to do it without having to use paths that are oversteep. Parking at the top of Dunmail Raise gives you a good start, Freddy.

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30469

    I was thinking of β€˜Striding Edge’? But yes, there must be another route πŸ‘

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2019 #30470

    At the moment I've no pain from the tooth so will wait till we get home in a couple of weeks time.

    We had rain through the night and during the morning, so we packed up in the wet. Finally ran out of it as we went round York and arrived on the CL in the dry. Some more drizzle during the afternoon and it's started to rain again now. We are impressed with the site, with great views across to Middleham.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2019 #30471

    If I could live anywhere it would be in the Newlands Valley, but there are so many places to choose from it's hard to find other favourites.

     

     

     

     

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2019 #30472

    I was fortunate to work in the lakes for 2 years so know the area quite well but my favourite is in the eastern lakes, High Cup Nick.πŸŒ„

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30473

    Just had a quick look, looks a good walk πŸ‘

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2019 #30474

    Favourite place in the Lakes?

    I'm a real trollop. Any place I find myself walking in is my current favourite place as I find as much joy looking up at the hills as I do looking down from them. If I could only have one view though it would be looking up Borrowdale from the top of Kings How. Seeing The whole of Derwentwater with the hills of Skiddaw and Blencathra to the north and Cat Bells and Maiden Moor to the west is magic.

    ps Flu jab soon.πŸ˜€

  • Freddy55
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    edited November 2019 #30475

    Our first trip we stayed at Castlerigg Hall, and the view from our pitch of  Catbells on the opposite bank is an abiding memory πŸ™‚

    PS, I have arthritis in my big toe (really) πŸ˜€

  • brue
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    edited November 2019 #30476

    My first trip to the Lakes was with my sister, our husbands, five children (two babies ) the dog, a camper van and a car. A damp old farmhouse in the Duddon Valley and continuous rain. We later discovered the proximity to Seathwaite and it's average rainfall! But there was a wonderful empty walk up behind the farmhouse and a sheepdog waiting to chase us round every corner plus picnics in the camper van by the river. It has never rained again like it did then and I like the whole area. But the Duddon Valley is lodged in my mind. smile

  • richardandros
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    edited November 2019 #30477

    I remember camping at Seathwaite Farm - in February - when I was young and mad, in a new lightweight tent (before they were commonplace). Seathwaite certainly lived up to its reputation and every seam in the tent leaked - it was a very wet and snowy week!  Didn't seem to matter when you were 20 something but I doubt I'd want to try it now!

    When I got back home, I rang the tent manufacturer who admitted "Oh, the tent's never been tested in conditions like that"tongue-out Got a full refund and bought a Vango Force 10 - on the basis that if it was good enough for Chris Bonnington at the Everest Base Camp, it would withstand anything the Lakes could throw at it!! (And I still have that tent - somewhere!)

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    edited November 2019 #30478
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  • Cornersteady
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    edited November 2019 #30479

    Take either of the routes from Swirls or Wythburn on the western side. Car parks at both. We did the Wythburn route last Easter, totally safe, and impossible to lose your way. Parts of it has been 'paved' by fix the fells. You can do Nethermost Pike from the same path with minimal extra effort.

    Lots of local shops have leaflets with the route on. Or the newest walker's (updated) of Wainwright.

    Oh and flu Jab booked

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited November 2019 #30480

    My memories of Lakes are wet ones. Beautiful place though. I did Striding Edge at age 13 on a school trip. Doubt I’d have the bottle to do it nowadays. 😁

  • Goldie146
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    edited November 2019 #30481

    We live in south Cumbria - not what is generally called "The Lakes". It's not all high peaks and lakes - there are wonderful views to be had every where.

    This is Matterdale (not far from the Troutbeck Head site).

    A typical every day scene. (We've just borrowed some tups from a friend up there).

     

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