Tag: Lake District
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Arriving in Wasdale, Lake District – April
The day after our walk in Kentmere, we left our friends’ house and drove over to Abbot Hall Art Gallery to see the Lynn Chadwick sculpture exhibition. Having enjoyed this, we drove away from Kendal over to the south-west side of the Lake District to Wasdale, one of the most remote valleys in the area.…
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A Kentmere Round in the snow, Lake District – March
Having gone to a Buzzcocks gig the previous night with friends in Kendal, somehow we all managed to get up and gather ourselves and our gear in the morning to drive over to Kentmere late morning for a circular walk. Once we got onto the ridge, we put our crampons on, as it became quite…
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Scrambling up Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark, Langdale, Lake District – September
It had been a long time since we had been able to go on a walking trip. The last occasion was to Snowdonia in November the previous year. For the first walk of the trip we decided to go up to the familiar Langdale Pikes, but via Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark which we hadn’t…