The Great Outdoors – July 2019

ULLSWATER WAY ...

I AM A HIKER in an existential crisis. Am I a hypocrite? Am I part of the problem, not the solution? Am I contributing to the de ...

[above] Aira Force [right] Exploring the summit of Gowbarrow Fell The Ullswater Way is a 20-mile walking route, which was establ ...

an equivalent carbon dioxide saving elsewhere – but in the end I go for it regardless. I make a £10 donation to the Woodland Tru ...

The rest of the afternoon and evening goes by in a flash; a blur of mindless, happy walking. I tramp through the old deer enclos ...

46 The Great Outdoors July 2019 ...

David Lintern has written the first guide to Britain’s 24-hour mountain challenges. Here, he shares the story of his personal jo ...

SOMETIMES THE STORIES find us, and sometimes we find the stories. The best scenario is when the two are woven together. Still fa ...

[above] Overlooking the Carn Mor Dearg Arete in a clearing inversion on my first visit in 2013 [below left] The irrepressible Ch ...

campaign to stop the Ministry of Defence buying Knoydart for use as a military training area. Later, the Trust donated a conside ...

thing and give people the best information so as to mitigate those concerns. Some of the Bob Graham Club Committee were understa ...

BUY THE BOOK The Big Rounds by David Lintern is published on 15 August by Cicerone Press, priced £18.95. It is available to pre- ...

1 2 3 Discover the Big Rounds The Bob Graham Round, the Paddy Buckley Round and the Charlie Ramsay Round are known to mountain r ...

THE NAKED HEIGHTS HOWGILLS OF THE Wainwright compared them to both squatting elephants and velvet curtains. The Howgill Fells ar ...

I’M GOING TO AWARD A GONG, and the tension is mounting as the envelope is finally opened. Amidst much anticipation, the winner o ...

views from here were limited by the steep enclosing slopes. The Blakethwaite Stone, marked on the map, was a little underwhelmin ...

The Black Horse of Busha A short, steep detour from the ridge between Bush Howe and The Calf provides views of the intriguing Bl ...

Even Baugh Fell – everyone’s favourite peat swamp – looked innocuous. The long walk north from The Calf was a great four-mile fi ...

Photo credit: OS Maps Maps: OS1:25,000 Explorer sheet OL19 (Howgill Fells & Upper Eden Valley) Transport: Nearest train stat ...

IN MY QUEST for flight-free European adventures, I’d homed in on Guernsey: just under 100 miles south of mainland Britain, it’s ...