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July 2009
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  An evening with Cat Bells to myself   Castle Crag and a stroll around the head of Borrowdale
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A bit of an odd route - two fells, three tarns and four sheepfolds           Great Borne, Starling Dodd and Mosedale
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Missing the showers on Latrigg     A revisit to a lost walk - Fellbarrow and Low Fell     Not quite a straightforward walk up Great Mell Fell
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14 go walking on Black Crag and Holme Fell         A circuit of Ennerdale Water Grey Crag and Tarn Crag from Wet Sleddale
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And after the rain, , , , we walked to Watendlath   Directory
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Whitemoss Common Tarn		 Directory
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Howegrain Beck Bridge		   A short walk to Aira Force and Gowbarrow Fell  
 

June 2009
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An evening walk on Barrow   A clear evening on Knock Murton   Directory
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Forge Bridge (Eskdale)		 Ashness Bridge, Walla Crag and Derwent Water
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Great How from Thirlmere Dam Directory
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Little Braithwaite Bridge		   Directory
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Miller Bridge (Rothey Park)		 Sheepfolds & shelters around Blakeley Rise and Grike An afternoon on Black Combe Not quite a normal route to Fairfield
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An afternoon on Dent after a disrupted morning   A spur of the moment decision for a late walk on Setmurthy   Directory
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Whitbeck Church		 Directory
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Mosser church		 Here, there and everywhere after Silver How
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A High Street fell wander   Taking Bob and Leon up Middle Fell A Mosedale round - Pillar to Red Pike   Crag Fell the hard way  
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A circuit of Thirlmere Both Scafells, two high tarns and Upper Eskdale  
 
 

May 2009
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A circuit of Haweswater
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A short walk taking in Tewet Tarn         A circuit of Loweswater Not the top of Sale Fell
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Evening on Muncaster Fell Just above Ennerdale          
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A summers day on the Coniston Fells
 
 

April 2009
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    Springtime around Derwent Water Grasmere, Elterwater, Skelwith Bridge and Loughrigg Tarn
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An unusual route to High Raise and a change of plan to stay in the sun Directory
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How Top Tarn		         The five Lord's Seat fells
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A much gentler side of the Lake District. Caldbeck to Hesket Newmarket via High Pike A selection of Loweswater fells       An afternoon in Newlands valley Early morning on the Ill Bell ridge, and Trout Beck to myself
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Hart Side and Stybarrow Dodd from Dockray Lakeland by the sea - an evening walk from Ravenglass   Directory
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Our Lady of the Wayside Church Grasmere		   Rannerdale Knotts The Ullock Pike Ridge and Dodd Wood
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Causey Pike and Scar Crags        
 
 

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Harter Fell and Hardknott Pass Directory
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Christy Bridge		 Directory
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Hawkshead Methodist Church		   Directory
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Beacon Tarn		 A circuit of Grasmere and Rydal Water A short walk up Binsey, whilst on the way to somewhere else
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Satterthwaite Church		 Directory
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Three Shire Stone		 Updated directory place
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Grange Church		 Directory
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Broughton in Furness Church		 One step ahead of the weather on Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags and Mungrisdale Common Blowing a gale on Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike
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A day in the south Lakes. Gummers How & Cartmel     A sunny afternoon on Great Gable   An afternoon of seclusion from Devoke Water to Barnscar Settlement Knott Rigg, Ard Crags and Rigg Beck
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            Steel Knotts, around and up Hallin Fell
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Seathwaite Fell to Bessyboot    
 
 

February 2009
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Keswick, Threlkeld and Latrigg Directory
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Alcock Tarn		   Directory
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Watermillock Church		 Directory
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Ross's Camp		 A snowy Greendale round Ruins on Lingmoor Fell and a walk through Great Langdale
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Red Screes. Middle Dodd, Little Hart Crag and Scandale Directory
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Overbeck Bridge		 Directory
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Bootle Church		     Directory
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Burnbanks		 Gowbarrow and Aira Force
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A wet and cloudy start for a favourite walk Directory
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Ting Mound		 Directory
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Loweswater Church		       A bit of an odd route from Patterdale
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Wansfell and Troutbeck from Ambleside Directory
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Stoneycroft Gill Bridge		 Directory
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Elterwater Bridge		 A short afternoon walk on Ling Fell and Sale Fell   Tarn Hows and Black Crag Dodd Wood, Dodd and St Bega Church Bassenthwaite
 
 

December 2008
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Loweswater (lake)		 Directory
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Fell Foot Bridge		       Walking in a winter wonderland - Helvellyn from Dunmail Raise
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Battling the wind on Skiddaw   Directory
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Corney Church		 If you change your plan, you never know what you'll include in a walk - Cat Bells and Walla Crag      
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Nether Wasdale		   A figure of eight from Buttermere - Rannerdale Knotts and a circuit Butternere Directory
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Embleton Church		   Great Mell Fell on a grey day
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A short walk on the shortest day - Sale Fell Directory
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Groove Gill Bridge		 Directory
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Chapel Stile Church		 A Christmas Eve in Martindale - Steel Knotts and Hallin Fell Christmas morning on Barrow and Outerside Boxing Day in Borrowdale Elterwater to Greenburn Tarn (and back)
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Blue sky and sunshine at Beacon Tarn Silhouettes from Fellbarrow and Low Fell Grasmere to High Raise  
 

November 2008
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An out of the ordinary combination of fells from Troutbeck
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Robinson and Hindscarth Autumn in Loweswater Directory
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Threlkeld Church		 Directory
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Chapel Bridge
Newlands Valley		      
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A short, wet walk at Aira Force Directory
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Airplane wreckage on Slight Side		 Directory
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Ulpha Church		 A couple of hours on Yewbarrow Directory
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Ravenglass		   Not another soul in site - Branstree to Hare Shaw
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Wandering about on Haystacks     Directory
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Hartsop Village		 Directory
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Bampton Grange Church		 A windy walk on Walla Crag Grasmere, Silver How, Chapel Stile and Elterwater
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Rose Castle Tarn		 Perfect conditions for an afternoon on Muncaster Fell   Directory
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Coniston Church		   My first snow of the winter - Stone Arthur to Nab Scar via Fairfield
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It's so much easier when the ground is frozen - Ullscarf to High Tove
 

October 2008
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Staveley Church and Chapel		 Lank Rigg and Latter Barrow  
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High level and low level - Grisedale Pike to Scar Crags and Newlands Valley Directory
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River Derwent Bridge (Nr Lodore)		 Directory
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Little Meldrum Tarn		 An afternoon around High Rigg     Pike O'Blisco, Cold Pike and Wrynose Pass
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Seclusion on the northern fells - Longlands Fell to High Pike   Directory
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Seathwaite Church		 Directory
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Bullat Bridge		 A short walk on Souther Fell   Directory
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Threlkeld
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A short, wet walk around Grasmere

  

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Whicham Church

 High Street, Mardale Ill Bell and Nan Bield Pass from Mardale Head Directory
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Wharton Tarn		 Directory
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Wrynose Bridge		  
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And after the floods, the Autumn colours came   Directory
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Waberthwaite Church		 Directory
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Burblethwaite Bridge		 Directory
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Maiden Castle Cairn		    
 
 

September 2008
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Woodhow Tarn		      
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Around Loughrigg Fell     Three tarns above Glenridding   Directory
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Bassenthwaite Church		 An unusual route from Threlkeld to visit some mine ruins
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Dove Crag via Rydal Head   Directory
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Dubs Hut (Bothy)		 Half a sunny afternoon around Derwent Water Directory
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Thirlmere Dam		 Directory
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Bakerstead Bridges (Miterdale)		 The two edges of Wetherlam
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Not just Holme Fell but here, there and everywhere Directory
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Brown Cove Tarn		 There are just so many things to see if you wander about - Scafell and Slight Side Directory
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Lodore Bridge (Borrowdale)		   Kirk Fell direct, Beck Head and Gavel Neese High Seat and Bleaberry Fell
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Fisher's Wife's Rake and the Dodds    
 

August 2008
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  Seathwaite Tarn, Dow Crag and a big hole on the ground
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Graystones and Broom Fell An evening walk up Carling Knott and Burnbank Fell   Sometimes you just fancy a walk out - in this case Keswick   Middle Fell, Haycock and a long walk down Nether Beck  
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A wet weather walk to Watendlath     A short walk on Sale Fell   Directory
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Snipeshow Tarn		 So much for the bad forecast - Grasmere to Easedale Tarn
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Squelch, squelch, squelch from Devoke Water to Black Combe     Newlands Valley in the sunshine Directory
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Muncaster Church		 An obvious circular walk taking in Ullock Pike, Long Side and Carl Side A higgledy-piggledy route from Hartsop
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An unexpected walk from Staveley.     Directory
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Ennerdale Church		     Miterdale, Burnmoor Tarn and Eskdale
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Rain drops keep falling on my head - Angletarn Pikes and Brock Crags
 

July 2008
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            Up in the cloud on Whiteside and Hopegill Head
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A Sunday on St Sunday Crag         A sunny afternoon on the Dunnerdale Fells An invite to walk outside the Lakes - High Cup Nick
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What a scorcher for a walk from Causey Pike to Barrow        
 

June 2008
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An early start for a walk from Martindale to Angle Tarn A short evening walk up Muncaster Fell An evening on Cat Bells Directory
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Flass Tarn		 Directory
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Troutbeck Church		    
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Caw to Dow Crag, and a dried up Seathwaite Tarn   Directory
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Hartsop Lead Mine and Corn Mill		     A Fellbarrow fell wander High Spy and off path walking to reach two named sheepfolds
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A circuit of Thirlmere An evening walk on Blake Fell Directory
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Lorton Church		   Directory
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Blind Tarn (Coniston)		 Great Borne, Starling Dodd and Ennerdale Water Almost timed to perfection. Stonethwaite to Rosthwaite via Watendlath
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  An evening walk up Dodd         Snipeshow Tarn to Tewet Tarn
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A circuit of Ennerdale Water  
 

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Adding bits onto to an evening walk from Stonethwaite A short walk from Nether Wasdale Ambleside, Wansfell Pike and Troutbeck
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Chapel in the Hause		 Great Dodd, Clough Head and half a dozen sheepfolds Directory
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Barton Church		     Directory
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Ravenglass Roman Bath House		 A circuit of Haweswater
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It's all in a good cause: Walking around Buttermere for Marie Curie Cancer Care An evening walk above Eskdale Buttermere to Wandope via Addacomb Hole An evening walk around Loweswater Directory
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Irton Church and Cross		   Raining on Raven Crag
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High Raise, Sergeant's Crag and Eagle Crag from Stonethwaite   An evening walk up Barrow     Crag Fell and Grike "an" Old Crown Round
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  A walk around Hard Knott   Directory
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Black Sail Hut (YHA)		 Directory
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Isel Church		 A short asfternoon walk on Sale Fell A quiet day on the Langdales
 

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Crosthwaite Church

  

Patterdale, Angletarn Pikes and Hartsop
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Great minds think alike - bumping into John on Fairfield     Directory
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Calder Bridge		   Directory
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Four Stones Hill Tarn		 Snow in the Yorkshire Dales - Pen Y Gent
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A trio of far western fells - Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg   An evening walk up Walla Crag       Black Sail Hut, an aptly named Windy Gap and a room with a view
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Grasmere and Silver How   An evening walk through Newlands Valley Directory
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Ambleside Church		      
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Keswick, Latrigg and almost as far as Threlkeld   Some you win, some you loose. A short walk up Setmurthy on the way back from somewhere else. Directory
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High Arnside Tarn
 

March 2008
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Sunshine and showers at Troutbeck
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Rannerdale Knotts           Raining cats and dogs around Derwent Water
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High Hartsop Dodd, Little Hart Crag and Scandale Pass         Middle Fell and Greendale Tarn  
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Birks Bridge to Harter Fell and Wallobarrow Crag     A short walk up Binsey   Ling Fell to Sale Fell via Lord's Seat  
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Just when you think winter is over, the snow turns up. Heughscar Hill from Askham Helvellyn to Clough Head in the snow         A walk up Great Calva before the rains came
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Tarn Hows and Black Crag  
 

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A short walk around the head of Borrowdale           Testing a knee around Hallin Fell
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Cloud inversions from the High Stile ridge   Perfect conditions for an out of the ordinary route from Kentmere to High Street     Who needs a path when there's a perfectly good bog to walk through - Buckbarrow and Seatallan Blue sky and sunshine for a walk to Red Screes and Scandale
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A frosty day at Elterwater   Taking advantage of the last forecasted day of good weather - Steeple to Caw Fell from Ennerdale   A walk outside the Lake District - Wain Stones, North York Moors    
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Making it up as I go along on a walk from Keswick            
 

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        A low level walk from Elterwater - Little Langdale and Great Langdale valleys
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A quartet of fells above Newlands Valley - Causey Pike to Barrow

           A workers village, ancient stones and a wintry Far Eastern ridge
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Wet and windy on Latrigg           Gowbarrow Fell to Little Mell Fell
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Water, water everywhere - up in the cloud on Crinkle Crags           A drive through the Lakes - one of us with a runny nose and the other with a sprained knee
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A short walk up Blake Fell            
 

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New Years Day on Grisedale Pike A change in the weather on Blake Fell Frozen fells above Hartsop - Brock Crags, The Nab and Rest Dodd
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  Glossary of 'church' terms added to the directory Directory
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Helton
Planning and development work
for the Sheepfolds and Ruins of the Lake District project
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Planning and development work
for the Sheepfolds and Ruins of the Lake District project

Not just Loughrigg Fell
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A wintry morning on High Rigg
Planning and development work
for the Sheepfolds and Ruins of the Lake District project		 A Gavel Pike hike to St Sunday Crag
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Planning and development work
for the Sheepfolds and Ruins of the Lake District project
With 1000's of pictures to process and lots more sheepfolds to visit, I'll carry on adding content all year and then bring it online at the end of 2009.

Loadpot Hill - although I never intended to go that far