Recommend two best medium difficulty walks in the Lake District

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This may be impossible to answer; it certainly is a lazy question.

On the spur of the moment, I agreed to go to the English Lake District
for three days at the beginning of July. Normally, I'd prepare ages in
advance, but now I would like quick advice on some medium difficulty
walks. We stay in Windermere but have a car.

I walk a bit in Donegal and Connemara; I'm capable of (prefer) a walk
of four or five hours; I probably haven't been above 700-m. Easy
navigation preferred. Getting up high and seeing nice scenery is my
main goal. I will have two nephews with me (age 18 and 21) whom I want
to introduce to hillwalking; they should have no difficulty matching
my fitness.

I have Frank Duerden's 'Best Walks in the Lake District' and
Landranger maps 89, 90, 96, 97. I bought those also on the spur of the
moment (from Amazon); I guess there are better books and maps (for
example, I have just now realised that Harvey's Superwalker maps cover
the area.) I wasn't aware of this newsgroup until after I bought the
maps and books.

I have access to: http://www.stridingedge.net/ and
http://www.lakedistrictwalks.com/.

I now have too much information to digest in the time available and to
make proper choices. I wonder could someone recommend a few walks in
the book or in the websites that I should research further?

Maybe Honister Pass > Drum House (steep but short) then head south, go along
Moses Trod towards Beck Head, climb Great Gable, and return via Windy Gap,
Green Gable, Brandreth and Grey Knotts to Honister. 4 Wainwrights in one
walk and great views of two valleys.

Or park in Hartsop village, climb Gray Crag, walk along the ridge to
Thornthwaite Beacon, then go round to High Street (great views), then via
the Straits of Riggindale and maybe take in one or two other fells (e.g. The
Knott?) as you come round to Hartsop again.

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Quoted message said:

I now have too much information to digest in the time available and to

make proper choices. I wonder could someone recommend a few walks in
the book or in the websites that I should research further?

Take a look at my walks at www.thewalkzone.co.uk which will give a few
options. Most are 8 miles upwards, with the older walks having route
descriptions. Got a bit lazy in recent times and now just produce a slide
show with a description for each photo. Although no description, the photos
are from the whole route, so a little bit of effort with an OS map could
identify the walks.

Have fun whatever walks you do!
--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk
'Mountains or Mole Hills, summiting
still brings the same excitement!'

Harvey's? No chance... it's the OS Explorer range for me every time!

Don't look at absolute altitude as a restriction (it's not the
Himalayas!) - it's total ascent in a day that's going to hurt. f
you're doing 4-5 hour walks over 700m high terrain in Ireland, I'm
guessing that you're up to doing up-to-the-top-and-straight-back-down-
again walks to all of the major Lake District summits. For most
people, summiting a big hill as the objective of a walk gives far more
satisfaction (and therefore enjoyment) than a circular walk over
lesser terrain - especially for someone completely new to
hillwalking. And to be quite honest, you may have no more ascent on a
simple ascent of a big hill than you would on a walk going up and down
over lots of lesser summits.

So... on a clear day, why not start early, take it easy and head up
one of the biggies - Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Conniston Old Man etc. Sca
Fell Pike is of course the biggest, and despite having an ugly,
crowded summit still gives huge satisfaction on your first ascent.
Beware though - Sca Fell Pike is particularly confusing to navigate
on, so think twice if you're not confident with map and compass and
beware that hill fog can roll in regularly without warning.

If you're looking for shorter, lower level ones, Loughrigg Fell near
Ambleside has great views, and the Grizedale Forest sculpture trail
makes for an interesting stroll (although it's more suited to cycling
- you can hire bikes).

Cheers

Anth

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I now have too much information to digest in the time available and to
make proper choices. I wonder could someone recommend a few walks in
the book or in the websites that I should research further?

Not got the book you describe but you need to look at
Skiddaw via longside edge
Scafell via grains gill and back via the corridor route
Helvellyn via striding and swirral edges.

Dont neglect the lower down walks though it can be just as
entertaining to do buttermere lake round or loughrigg terrace or tarn
hows from hawkshead or coniston or Derwentwater round these can offer
exceptional views for the price of effort and can be tackled if (or
should that be when) the weather turns fowl.
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Gwyn. [email hidden]
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note return address is your own computer;-)

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Quoted message said:

This may be impossible to answer; it certainly is a lazy question.

On the spur of the moment, I agreed to go to the English Lake District
for three days at the beginning of July. Normally, I'd prepare ages in
advance, but now I would like quick advice on some medium difficulty
walks. We stay in Windermere but have a car.

I walk a bit in Donegal and Connemara; I'm capable of (prefer) a walk
of four or five hours; I probably haven't been above 700-m. Easy
navigation preferred. Getting up high and seeing nice scenery is my
main goal. I will have two nephews with me (age 18 and 21) whom I want
to introduce to hillwalking; they should have no difficulty matching
my fitness.

I love the walk from Ambleside that is in the Rambler's Lake District guide
from the north of the town, upto Elterwater, around Loughrigg and upto the
Terrace that overlooks Grasmere, and back to Ambleside via the caves and
Rydal Water. Other favourites are Grisedale, Fairfield, St Sunday Crag and
back. I also always wanted to do a walk from Grasmere Common over the
Langdale pikes to Bow Fell.

Rob