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Below is a record of my walks for this year with photos and comments about each walk.
There are links to the individual summits from Wainwright's 214 fell tops, from his guide 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' and summits in other areas.
Click on the date to go to details about that walk and a selection of photographs.
Click on the Wainwright, Outlying Fell or summit to find details and previous walks that included that summit.
Statistics for the year's walks are at the bottom of the page
| DATE | WALK | DISTANCE | ASCENT | TIME |
| Sunday, 18th December |
Skinners Syke, Sawley Grange, Rimington, Torrid Bank Wood, Downham, Worsaw End, Chatburn, Grindleton Bridge to Sawley via the Ribble Way |
10.7 mls | 1,100 ft | 5.5 hrs |
| Wednesday, 14th December |
White Coppice Cricket Club car park, Healey Nab, Heapey Fold Lane, Yarrow Reservoir, Rivington, Alance Bridge, Lead Mines Clough, Wellington Bomber Memorial, Round Loaf, Great Hill |
11 mls | 1,770 ft | 4.5 hrs |
| Monday, 12th December |
Tockholes car park, Stones Bank Plantation, Turton Heights, Cheetham Close, Turton Tower, Wayoh Reservoir, Entwistle Reservoir, Cadshaw, Top o'th Brow, |
15 mls, | 2,000 ft | 6.25 hrs |
| Friday, 2nd December |
Clerk Hill, Churn Clough Reservoir, Padiham Heights, Black Hill, Read Park, Read Old Bridge |
10.6 mls | 1,300 ft | 4.25 hrs |
| Monday, 28th November |
Beacon Hill, Grindleton Fell, The Wife, Old Ned, Fell Side, Skelshaw, Harrop Hall, Little Cross |
10.7 mls | 1,470 ft | 4.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 27th November |
Solomon's Temple, Roddlesworth Reservoir, Tockholes Plantation, Great Hill, Round Loaf, Black Hill Lower, Pike Stones, Anglezarke Reservoir |
12 mls | 1,700 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Thursday, 24th November |
Rivington Pike, Wilderswood, Two Lads Cairns, Winter Hill, Noon Hill, Pigeon Tower |
8.3 mls | 1,400 ft | 3.25 hrs |
| Sunday, 20th November |
Bracelet Moor, Broughton Mills, Great Stickle, Stickle Pike, Park Head Road, Caw, Natty Bridge |
10.6 mls | 2,800 ft | 6 hrs |
| Tuesday, 15th December |
Hartsop, Hayeswater, The Knott, Kidsty Pike, Rampsgill Head, Satura Crag, Angletarn Pikes, Cat Crag, Brock Crags, Calf Close |
12 mls | 3,230 ft | 6 hrs |
| Sunday, 13th November |
A Breath of Fresh Air: Conder Green, Glasson, Cockersand Abbey, Cockerham, Galgate, Aldcliffe |
16 mls | 740 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Friday, 11th November |
Nick of Pendle, Scout Cairn, Hookcliffe, Pendle Way, Ogden Clough, Badger Wells Hill |
11 mls | 2,670 ft | 5.25 hrs |
| Monday, 7th November |
Rivington Country Park, Pigeon Tower, Rivington Pike, Wilderswood, Lever Park Castle |
5.7 mls | 850 ft | 2.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 6th November |
Jeffrey Hill, Gannow Fell, Duddel Hill, Starling Brook, Hurst Green, Stonyhurst College, Walker Fold, Longridge Fell, Spire Hill |
14 mls | 1,460 ft | 7 hrs |
| Sunday, 30th October |
Towneley Hall car park, Burnley Way, Limy Road, Singing Ringing Tree, Cliviger, Towneley Hall |
8.8 mls | 1,180 ft | 5 hrs |
| Friday, 28th October |
Solomon's Temple, Roddlesworth Reservoir, Tockholes Plantation, Great Hill, Round Loaf, Black Hill Lower, Pike Stones, Anglezarke Reservoir |
12 mls | 1,440 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Wednesday, 26th October |
Gannow Fell, Goodshaw House, Starling Brook, Clough Bank, Hurst Green, Stonyhurst College, Turner Fold, Walker Fold, Longridge Fell, Spire Hill |
13 mls | 1,400 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 16th October |
Ribblehead, Park Fell, Simon Fell, Ingleborough, Sulber Crossroads, Selside, Selside Shaw |
12.7 mls | 2,174 ft | 6.25 hrs |
| Friday, 14th October |
Jeffrey Hill, Spire Hill, Longridge Fell, Higher Deer House, Doe Hill, Starling Brook, Duddel Hill, Gannow Fell |
13.4 mls | 1,485 ft | 6 hrs |
| Sunday, 9th October |
Settle, Schoolboys Tower, Giggleswick Scar, Feizor, Pot Scar, Smearsett Scar, Little Stainforth, Stainforth, Moor Head Lane Track, Catrigg, Upper Winskill, Settle |
15 mls | 3,100 ft | 6.25 hrs |
|
Saturday, 17th
September to Saturday, 1st October |
Two weeks walking in Mallorca, from Puerto de Sóller and Sant Elm |
96 mls | 19,500 | 13 days |
| Sunday, 11th September |
Thirlmere, Raven Crag, Dale Bottom, Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove, Armboth Fell, Cockrigg Crags |
12.5 mls | 3,300 ft | 7.5 hrs |
| Friday 9th September |
Spire Hill, Walker Fold, Chaigley Hall Wood, High Deer House, Hurst Green, Lambing Clough, Ribchester Bridge, Stydd Manor, Duddle Hill, Goodshaw House |
16 mls | 2,000 ft | 7.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 4th September |
Tilberthwaite Gill, Coppermines Valley, Levers Water, Gill Cove, Swirl How, Great Carrs, Wet Side Edge, Little Langdale, High Tilberthwaite |
11.25 mls | 3,400 ft | 6.25 hrs |
| Wednesday, 31st August |
Rawthey Bridge, Uldale Force, Harter Fell, Wandale Hill, Narthwaite |
13 mls | 2,484 ft | 6.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 28th August |
Stybarrow Crag, Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, White Stones, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Lower Man, Helvellyn, Swirral Edge, Catstye Cam, Glenridding Valley |
11.2 mls | 4,440 ft | 6.75 hrs |
| Wednesday, 17th August |
Jeffrey Hill, Spire Hill, Hurst Green, Ribble Way, Stydd Manor, Dutton Manor, Thornley Hall Fell |
14 mls | 1,400 ft | 6 hrs |
| Sunday, 7th August |
Kentmere, Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Mardale Ill Bell, Nan Bield Pass, Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts |
12.7 mls | 3,750 ft | 6.25 hrs |
| Wednesday, 3rd August |
Nick of Pendle, Scout Cairn, Pendle Hill, Barley, Lower Ogden Reservoir, Spence Moor, Deer Stones |
10.6 mls | 1,560 ft | 5 hrs |
| Monday 25th July |
White Coppice, Drinkwaters, Solomon's Temple, Tockholes Plantation, Great Hill |
8 mls | 1,350 ft | 4 hrs |
| Sunday, 24th June |
Elterwater, Silver How, Blea Rigg, Sergeant Man, Thunacar Knott, Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Pike o' Stickle, Loft Crag, Mark Gate, Great Langdale Valley |
13.5 mls | 3,700 ft | 8.5 hrs |
|
Sunday, 26th June to Sunday, 10th July |
Tyrolean Summer - two weeks in the Stubai Valley, Austria |
105 mls | 35,000 ft | Two weeks |
| Sunday, 19th June |
Jeffrey Hill, Spire Hill, Weedacre Farm, Walker Fold, Chaigley Hall, Stonyhurst College, Hurst Green, Dean Brook, Greengore, Gannow Fell |
10.8 mls | 1,300 ft | 5.25 hrs |
| Tuesday, 14th June |
Cragg Vale, Cove Hill, Two Lads, Cloven Stone, Pennine Way, Stoodley Pike Monument, Dick's Lane, Lord Wood, |
10 mls | 1,400 ft | 5.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 12th June |
Mardale Head, Gatescarth Pass, Harter Fell, Nan Bield Pass, Mardale Ill Bell, High Street, Rampsgill Head, Kidsty Pike, High Raise, Red Crag, Bampton Common, Haweswater |
14.3 mls | 4,300 ft | 7 hrs |
| Friday, 3rd June |
Old Woking, Carters Lane, Pyrford, Walsham Lock, Ripley |
4.7 mls | 250 ft | 2.5 hrs |
| Tuesday, 31st May |
Hurstwood Reservoir, Cant Clough Reservoir, Gorple Stones, Gorple Gate, Gorple Upper Reservoir, Raistrick Greave, Hoof Stones Height, Burnley Way |
9.5 mls | 1,820 ft | 5.25 hrs |
| Sunday, 29th May |
Churn Clough Reservoir, Pendle Way, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lower Ogden Reservoir, Upper Ogden Reservoir, Boar Clough, Pendle Hill, Scout Cairn |
13 mls | 2,080 ft | 6 hrs |
| Tuesday, 24th May |
Marles Wood, Dinckley Bridge, Dinckley Grange, Copster Green, Bolton Hall |
6.5 mls | 1,080 ft | 3 hrs |
| Sunday, 22nd May |
Barden Bridge, The Strid, Valley of Desolation, Barden Fell, Simons Seat, Trollers Gill, Kail Lane, Dales Way |
13 mls | 2,440 ft | 7 hrs |
| Sunday, 8th May |
Clapham, Norber Erratics, Sulber Gate, Sulber Nick, Wharfe, Feizor, Austwick, Clapham |
13.5 mls | 1,870 ft | 6.25 hrs |
|
Saturday,
30th April to Saturday, 7th May |
A variety of walks based in Keswick and taking in the Northern and North-Western Fells |
54 mls | 17,640 ft | 36 hrs |
| Sunday, 24th April |
Tarnbrook, Tarnbrook Fell, Ward's Stone, Grit Fell, Clougha Pike, Hare Appletree, Tumbers Wood, Abbeystead |
16 mls | 1,680 ft | 7.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 17th April |
Cotegill Bridge, Mallerstang Valley, High Dolphinsty, The Nab, Wild Boar Fell, Yoadcomb Scar, Swarth Fell, Grisedale Common |
11 mls | 1,900 ft | 6.5 hrs |
| Tuesday, 12th April |
Ribblehead Viaduct, Park Fell, Simon Fell, Ingleborough, Sulber, Selside |
12 mls | 2,830 ft | 5.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 10th April |
Embsay, Eastby Gate, Upper Barden Reservoir, Burnsall & Thorpe Fell, Cracoe Obelisk, Rylstone Cross, Crookrise Crag Top, Embsay Reservoir |
12 mls | 2,000 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Saturday, 9th April |
White Coppice, Great Hill, Round Loaf, Black Hill Lower, Devils Ditch, Pike Stones, Anglezarke Reservoir |
6.7 mls | 1,400 ft | 3.25 hrs |
| Tuesday, 5th April |
White Coppice, Wheelton Plantation, Solomon's Temple, Great Hill |
6.6 mls | 1,380 ft | 2.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 3rd April |
Bowden Bridge, William Clough, Kinder Downfall, Kinder Low, Edale Cross |
9.1 mls | 2,050 ft | 6 hrs |
| Saturday, 2nd April |
Witton Country Park, Billinge Hill, Butler's Delf, Pleasington Old Hall, Butler's Bridge |
4 mls | 580 ft | 2 hrs |
| Tuesday, 29th March |
Barbon, Eskholme Pike, Castle Knott, Calf Top, Long Bank, Fell Side, River Lune, High Road |
13 mls | 2,260 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 27th March |
Coniston, Miners Bridge, Yewdale Fells, Low Tilberthwaite, Holme Fell, High Guards Wood, Yew Tree Tarn, Oxen fell High Cross, Tarn Hows, Hill Fell Plantation, Guards Wood |
11 mls | 2,820 ft | 6.6 hrs |
| Sunday, 20th March |
Clough Head Quarry car park, Haslingden Grane, Hog Lowe Pike, Causeway End, Musden Head, Tor End, Cob Castle Road, Thirteen Stone Hill, Rossendale Way |
10.5 mls | 2,000 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 13th March |
Helwith Bridge, Long Lane, Pen-y-Ghent, Pennine Way, Hull Pot, Horton Moor, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribble Way |
9.5 mls | 2,256 ft | 5.75 hrs |
| Sunday, 6th March |
Burholme Bridge, Whitewell, Stakes, Doeford Bridge, Knot Hill, New Laund Hill |
9.5 mls | 1,100 ft | 4.75 hrs |
| Friday, 4th March |
White Coppice, Great Hill, Solomon's Temple, Wheelton Plantation |
6 mls | 800 ft | 4.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 13th February |
Downham, Worsaw End, Worston Moor, Scout Cairn, Pendle Hill, Barley, Twiston Moor, Twiston, Downham Mill |
11 mls | 1,830 ft | 6 hrs |
| Tuesday, 8th February |
Downham, Worsaw End, Worston Moor, Scout Cairn, Pendle Hill, Barley, Twiston Moor, Twiston, Downham Mill |
11 mls | 1,830 ft | 5.25 hrs |
| Friday, 5th February |
Anaga Peninsula |
7 mls | 1,500 ft | - |
| Thursday, 4th February |
Las Cańadas |
8 mls | 1,120 ft | - |
| Wednesday, 3rd February |
Coastal Walk |
12 mls | 1,000 ft | 8 hrs |
| Tuesday, 1st February |
Las Arenas Negras |
10.5 mls | 2,000 ft | 5.5 hrs |
| Monday, 31st January |
Orotava Valley |
8 mls | 2,100 ft | 5.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 30th January |
San Juan de la Rambla |
8 mls | 2,590 ft | 7 hrs |
| Sunday, 23rd January |
Grassington, Bare House, Bycliffe Road, Mossdale Scar, Conistone Moor, Dales Way, Conistone Pie |
12.7 mls | 1,465 ft | 6.5 hrs |
| Friday, 21st January |
Latterbarrow, Witherslack, Yewbarrow, Lord's Seat, Rawsons, Beck Head, Witherslack |
11 mls | 1,570 ft | 6 hrs |
| Monday, 17th January |
Rivington Pike, Two Lads Cairns, Winter Hill,, Belmont, Horden Stoops, Lead Mines Clough, Yarrow Reservoir |
11 mls | 1,620 ft | 5 hrs |
| Friday, 14th January |
Plain Quarry, Hutton Roof Crags, Uberash Breast, Limestone Link, Farleton Knott, Whin Yeats, Limestone Link, Hutton Roof, Hutton Roof Park |
9.5 mls | 2,500 ft | 4.75 hrs |
| Tuesday, 11th January |
Brackenbottom, Pen-y-Ghent, Plover Hill, Foxup Moor, Hull Pot, Horton Scar |
8.5 mls | 1,800 ft | 4.5 hrs |
| Sunday, 9th January |
A meander around the undulating Blawith Fells, including Blawith Knott |
10 mls | 1,750 ft | 5 hrs |
| Thursday, 6th January |
Whittle Hills, Denham Hill, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Lucas Green, Cuerden Valley |
8 mls | 700 ft | 4 hrs |
| Monday, 3rd January |
Clapham, Trow Gill, Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough, Sulber, Norber |
12 mls | 2,300 ft | 5.75 hrs |
Statistics for this year (revised 18/12/11)
| Number of walks | 84 |
| Distance walked | 1002.25 miles |
| Ascent climbed | 203,216 feet |
| Wainwrights | 64 |
| Outlying Fells | 3 |
| Other Summits/highlights | 60 |
Monthly Totals
| Month | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals |
| Miles Walked | 99 | 59.5 | 59.5 | 82.9 | 103.54 | 69.8 | 94.4 | 61.5 | 149.65 | 74.9 | 100.3 | 47.3 | 1002.25 |
| Total Ascent (ft) | 18,465 | 9,280 | 10,635 | 15,420 | 26,150 | 17,060 | 29,639 | 13,584 | 30,493 | 10,780 | 15,540 | 6,170 | 203,216 |